Dexterville, Wisconsin

Dexterville, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Wis-80 and Wis-54 junction in town
Wis-80 and Wis-54 junction in town
Dexterville, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Dexterville, Wisconsin
Dexterville, Wisconsin
Dexterville, Wisconsin is located in the United States
Dexterville, Wisconsin
Dexterville, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°22′35″N 90°06′38″W / 44.37639°N 90.11056°W / 44.37639; -90.11056
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyWood
Elevation
302 m (991 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1563957[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

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Dexterville, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "US Cities & State Gazetteer".
  3. ^ "HOWGS - Wood County, Wisconsin - History".
  4. ^ "News of the Badger State," The Blair Press, March 6, 1924, at 2.
  5. ^ Rudolph, Robert S. (1970). Wood County Place Names (PDF). The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 21.
  6. ^ Robert S. Rudolph. Wood County Place Names (PDF). p. 97. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
  7. ^ "Railroad Histories".
  8. ^ "St. Paul Road will reach Superior." Chicago Tribune May 21, 1890, at 8.
  9. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-TEWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZxoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2054,2086967 [dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Wood County man dies after fall into icy water".
  11. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1899,' Biographical Sketch of Amos E. Germer, pg. 792

44°22′35″N 90°06′38″W / 44.37639°N 90.11056°W / 44.37639; -90.11056