Dexterville, Wisconsin
Dexterville, Wisconsin | |
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  Dexterville, Wisconsin  Dexterville, Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates: 44°22′35″N 90°06′38″W / 44.37639°N 90.11056°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Wood |
| Elevation | 302 m (991 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1563957[1] |
Dexterville is an unincorporated community in the town of Dexter, Wood County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2][3] It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 80 and Wisconsin Highway 54.
History
[edit]Dexterville was founded in about 1848.[4] In 1850, the sawmilling magnate George Hiles moved to the area and set up a lumbermill in Dexterville. Dexter township may be named after Dexter, Michigan, the native home of a first settler, although folk etymology maintains the township is named after the mule of a local pioneer.[5] Hiles was granted a post office for Dexterville in 1858.[6] He created the Milwaukee, Dexterville, and Northern Railroad in 1887 to carry timber from the area.[7] The railroad was purchased by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad a few years later, and passed through the community in 1890.[8]
The Dexterville Dam is located on the southern edge of Lake Dexter; it dams the Yellow River, creating Dexter Lake. The dam was created by Wood County to provide waterfront for the current Dexter County Park.[9] A county worker died performing maintenance on the dam in 2009.[10]
Notable people
[edit]- Amos E. Germer, lawyer and politician, lived in Dexterville.[11]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Dexterville, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "US Cities & State Gazetteer".
- ^ "HOWGS - Wood County, Wisconsin - History".
- ^ "News of the Badger State," The Blair Press, March 6, 1924, at 2.
- ^ Rudolph, Robert S. (1970). Wood County Place Names (PDF). The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 21.
- ^ Robert S. Rudolph. Wood County Place Names (PDF). p. 97. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
- ^ "Railroad Histories".
- ^ "St. Paul Road will reach Superior." Chicago Tribune May 21, 1890, at 8.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-TEWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZxoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2054,2086967 [dead link]
- ^ "Wood County man dies after fall into icy water".
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1899,' Biographical Sketch of Amos E. Germer, pg. 792
External links
[edit]44°22′35″N 90°06′38″W / 44.37639°N 90.11056°W
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |