Little Chicago, Wisconsin

Little Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located along the border of the towns of Hamburg and Berlin, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2][3]

Little Chicago, Wisconsin
community
Little Chicago, Wisconsin
Little Chicago, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45.04722°N 89.84417°W / 45.04722; -89.84417
CountryU.S.A.
stateWisconsin
ZIP code
54448

History

The community was originally named Ziegler.[4][5] In 1898, Ziegler had 60 people, a planing mill and a saw mill, one cheese factory; one hardware and one shoe store, and a Lutheran church. The United States Post Office delivered mail three times a week.[4] In 1909, Ziegler had a post office.[6]

The community reportedly got the name Little Chicago during the Prohibition era in the early 20th century, when a local tavern was dispensing illegal alcoholic beverages.[7]

Notable people

Media

Little Chicago was the setting of Adam Rapp's novel "Little Chicago".

gollark: Why not alts?
gollark: You said "into conways game of life", not "into CGoL lounge".
gollark: Well, just program one of the turing machines as a heavdrone?
gollark: I feel like you need to join APIONET.
gollark: PotatOS has already infiltrated server management.

References
  1. "Little Chicago, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. http://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/wi/marathon/little-chicago.cfm
  3. "Township 30 North. Range 5 East" (Map). Plat Book of Marathon County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Northwestern Publishing Co. 1901.
  4. Lura J. Turner, Joseph M. Turner, Paul S. Reinsch: L.J. Turner and J.M. Turner (1898). Turner's Hand Book and Gazetter of Wisconsin. Burlington, Wisconsin. p. 266.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Marchetti, Louis (1913). History of Marathon County, Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, part 2. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.
  6. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' pg. 630
  7. http://www.pchswi.org/archives/communities/smallcomms.html#litc
  8. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1895,' Biographical Sketch of Robert Plisch, pg. 684


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