Orfordville was first settled by Isaac Wright, who located on a farm south of the railroad.

The evidence

• “OKFORDVILLE, an outgrowth of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, upon which it is situated, was first settled in 1850, by Mr. Isaac Wright, who located on a farm south of the railroad ; but it was not until 1857, when the road was completed to it, that it began to grow.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 661 / book p. 665

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “Paul railroad, twelve miles west of Janesville. It was first settled in 1850 by Isaac Wright, who located on a farm south of the railroad. The village was laid out by Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 170 / book p. 677

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent