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1881 Price County WI Map

1895 Rand McNally Atlas

1895 Price County WI

1901 Price County WI

For additional information on families in Price County, you may want to consider purchasing, or obtaining from your local library or historical society, the following book: Family Maps of Price County, Wisconsin, Deluxe Edition, by Boyd, Gregory A., Arphax Publishing Company. “The book includes 3 maps for each of the 35 Congressional townships that make up Price County. Each Township has a Patent Map, Patent Index, Road Map, and a Map we call an Historical Map, which includes Waterways, Watercourses & Railroads. The Road and Historical Maps also include the City-centers and cemeteries that can be found at NationalAtlas.gov. There is also a Surname/Patent Index and a Surname/Township Index to help you dive into the right area of the County. Included Appendices identify multi-Patentee buying groups and also list the numerous Aliquot (section) parts you might find. This book is constructed to last with a plastic spiral binding, acid-free paper, and a tough, laminated cover.”

Populated Places

 

CITIES and VILLAGES, often referred to as "incorporated areas", govern territory where population is more concentrated. In general, minimum population for incorporation as a village is 150 residents for an isolated village and 2,500 for a metropolitan village located in a more densely settled area. For cities, the minimums are 1,000 and 5,000 respectively. As cities and villages are incorporated, they are carved out of the town territory and become independent units no longer subject to the town's control. The remainder of the town may take on a 'Swiss cheese" configuration as its area is reduced.

[Information above taken from "State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1997-1998" Compiled by the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. chpt. "The Changing World of Wisconsin Local Government'" sec. 3. Municipalities: The Most local of Governments. pags115-122. Wisconsin Blue Books are Publ. Biennially In Odd-Numbered Years.]
 
Most of the early settlers came to Price County because of the virgin timber. When the Wisconsin Central Railroad and the Minneapolis, St. Paul, Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line) Railroads extended into the county, shipping out forest products while shipping in supplies allowed the logging businesses to boom and provided transportation into the county for the many immigrants looking to create new homes.
 
Some of the following name-places were merely supply or postal stations along the railroads and are now long-gone; others were mill towns that boomed at the peak of the logging era but have also disappeared with time; some were specific communities where various groups of immigrants settled; and a few grew into villages and cities that still thrive today.
 
TOWNS, like counties, were created by the state to provide basic municipal services. Rooted in New England and New York tradition, town government came to Wisconsin with the settlers, but Wisconsin towns were not like their Eastern counterparts that reflected the existing patterns of local settlement. In Wisconsin, towns are geographical subdivisions of counties. Towns originally served (and for the most part they continue to serve) rural areas. Towns govern those areas of Wisconsin not included in the corporate boundaries of cities and villages.
The difference between "township" and "town" often confuses the public. In Wisconsin, "township' refers to the surveyor's township which was laid out to identify land parcels within a county. Theoretically, a township is a square tract of land, measuring six miles on a side for a total of 36 square miles in the unit. Each township is divided into 36 sections. "Town", as the word is used in Wisconsin, denotes a specific unit of government. Its boundaries may coincide with the surveyor's township or it may look quite different. A Town may include one, parts of, or several townships.


[Information above taken from State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1997-1998 Compiled by the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. chpt. "The Changing World of Wisconsin Local Government'" sec. 3. Municipalities: The Most local of Governments. pags115-122. Wisconsin Blue Books are Publ. Biennially In Odd-Numbered Years.]

Name	Towns/Year	Former Name of Town
Brannan
Brantwood	Brannon Knox	Knox Junction
Catawba	Catawba
Clifford	Knox
Coolidge	Worcester Fifield (1895)
Cottonwood	Brannon	Driscoll’s Spur
Cranberry Lake	Worcester
Danish Settlement	Worcester Elk
Dedham	Brannan (1881)
Dover	Worcester Emery	Emery
Eisenstein
Emery
Fifield	Worcester (Feb 1879) Fifield (Nov 1879)
Flambeau Station	Eisentein	Gould Side Track
German Settlement	Brannan Spirit
Georgetown - The Town of Georgetown was established on December 20, 1887 from part of the Town of Worcester. It was 71 square miles with the Skinner Creek and the north fork of the Jump River running through it. At the time of it's formation it was thickly wooded and settled by only a few folks.
Graywood - Little information is known about Graywood. It was basically just a post office for one or two years in the late 1800's near the area where County Road YY turns north on the eastern edge of the County. Apparently one of the early settlers to the area had a sawmill in that location and was a postmaster.	Spirit
Hackett - The Town of Hackett was formed from parts of the Towns of Prentice and Worcester on December 20, 1887. It was 78 square miles with many streams and the Wisconsin Central Rail Road running through it. Two lakes within the Town form the headwaters for both the north and south forks of the Jump River. At the time of its formation, the area was covered in dense forest.  The only early settlement in the Town of Hackett was along the Central Wisconsin Rail Road line. A small log station known only as "Station 101" and later called Worcester was short-lived. It had a general store and a post office with the first postmaster being J. A. Carlson.  After the railroad extended beyond this stop the station was abandoned and the surrounding areas were settled by Swedish immigrants who established farms.
Kaiser	Lake	Lakes
Kennan	Brannan Kennan
Kennedy	Lake
Knox Mills	Brannan Knox
LaFont	Brannan Knox
Lake - The Town of Lake was formed from part of the Town of Fifield on November 22, 1888. It was 108 square miles in size with the Wisconsin Central Railroad running north/south through it's center.  The area contained Butternut Lake and the north fork of the Flambeau River in the midst of an abundance of hardwoods and sparse farm lands.  One of the early settlements in the Town of Lake was Park Falls. It was established on the western bank of the Flambeau River and began as a station on the Wisconsin Central Railroad.
Le Saulmer	Location Unidentified
Le Tourneau Springs	Location Unidentified
Lugerville - In 1904 the Lugers acquired a large tract of timberland within the virgin forests of Wisconsin on the Flambeau River	Flambeau
Lymantown	Lake
Mackey’s Spur	Brannan Ogema
Malden	Brannan (1881)
Mellrue	Prentice (On 1895 Map)
Morrison	Ogema	Railroad station on the Central Wisconsin Railroad
North Fork	Catawba
Ogema	Brannan Ogema (1882)	Brannan
Park Falls	Worcester (Feb 1879) Eisenstein Fifield (Nov 1879) Lake (1888)	Muskellunge Falls  (named changed to Park Falls in  1885)
Pennington	Brannan Catawba	Morrisons
Phillips	Worcester (1879)
Prentice	Brannan Prentice
Spirit	Brannan Spirit
Spirit River Settlement	Brannan Spirit
Sulgrave	Brannan Kennan
Viola Villa	Emery	Also known as the Czech Settlement or the Bohemian Settlement
Wauboo	Worcester (1881)
Worcester	Worcester (1879)

Price County is currently divided into 17 'TOWNS' however, it began with only two.
 
When Price County was first formed, it included two Towns:
Brannan and Worcester.  
 
As more settlers moved into the county, additional Towns were formed to govern the various areas of settlements.  
 
They are listed here in order of when they were formed:

Name of Town	Date Town Formed:	Date Town Formed: Name of Town Formed From
Brannan	26 Feb 1879	One of two original towns in Price County established by legislature.
Worcester	26 Feb 1879	One of two original towns in Price County established by legislature.
Fifield	18 Nov 1879	Formed form part of Town of Worcester
Ogema	15 Jul 1882	Formed from part of Town of Brannan
Prentice	27 Jan 1886	Formed from parts of the Towns of Brannan and Worcester
Georgetown	20 Dec 1887	Formed from part of Town of Worcester
Hackett	20 Dec 1887	Formed from parts of the Towns of Prentice and Worcester
Lake	22 Nov 1888	Formed from part of Town of Fifield
Kennan	08 Jan 1889	Formed from parts of Towns of Ogema and Georgetown
Emery	09 Jan 1889	Formed from parts of Towns of Worcester and Hackett
Hill	17 Nov 1892	Formed from part of Town of Brannan
Knox	18 Nov 1895	Formed from part of Town of Brannan
Catawba	15 Nov 1901	Formed from part of Town of Kennan
Eisenstein	13 Nov 1902	Formed from part of Town of Lake
Harmony	13 Nov 1907	Formed from part of Town of Worcester
Elk	01 May 1912	Formed from part of Town of Worcester
Flambeau	27 Jan 1920	Formed from parts of Towns of Lake and Elk
Spirit	23 Nov 1921	Formed from part of Towns of Brannan

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