Little Chicago, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

Community in Wisconsin, U.S.A.

45°02′50″N 89°50′39″W / 45.04722°N 89.84417°W / 45.04722; -89.84417CountryU.S.A.stateWisconsinZIP code

54448

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]

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

Robert Plisch, Wisconsin state legislator and farmer, lived in Ziegler.^[8]

Media

Little Chicago was the setting of Adam Rapp's novel Little Chicago.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Little Chicago, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Little Chicago Populated Place Profile / Marathon County, Wisconsin Data".
^ "Township 30 North. Range 5 East" (Map). Plat Book of Marathon County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Northwestern Publishing Co. 1901.
^ ^a ^b 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Marchetti, Louis (1913). History of Marathon County, Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, part 2. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.
^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' pg. 630
^ "Small Communities". www.pchswi.org. Archived from the original on July 29, 2002.
^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1895,' Biographical Sketch of Robert Plisch, pg. 684