Dexterville, Wisconsin

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.

Dexterville, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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
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]

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. "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
  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

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