- Dexterville, Wisconsin
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Dexterville, Wisconsin — Unincorporated community — 
Dexterville, WisconsinCoordinates: 44°22′35″N 90°06′38″W / 44.37639°N 90.11056°W Country United States State Wisconsin County Wood Elevation 991 ft (302 m) Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) – Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) Area code(s) 715 & 534 GNIS feature ID 1563957[1] Dexterville is an unincorporated community located 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.
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. Local legend says that the community is named after Hiles' mule.[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]
Notes
- ^ a b "Dexterville, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1563957.
- ^ http://hometownlocator.com/wi/wood/dexterville.cfm
- ^ http://www.howgs.org/wood_county_history.php#dexter
- ^ "News of the Badger State," The Blair Press, March 6, 1924, at 2.
- ^ "Hiles, George 1825 - 1896". Dictionary of Wisconsin History http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1381
- ^ Robert S. Rudolph, Wood County Place Names, p. 97 http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/history/placenames/placenames93_101.pdf
- ^ Railroad Histories, http://www.greenbayroute.com/railroads.htm
- ^ "St. Paul Road will reach Superior." Chicago Tribune May 21, 1890, at 8.
- ^ "Yellow River Dam Okayed at Dexterville". Milwaukee Sentinel, March 24, 1962, at 4. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-TEWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZxoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2054,2086967
- ^ "Wood County man dies after fall into icy water." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/39839442.html
Coordinates: 44°22′35″N 90°06′38″W / 44.37639°N 90.11056°W
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