Once Upon a House

February 17, 1842

The town of Milton was organized (then united with Lima under the name Milton).

Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source

The evidence

  • “The northern part of the town is mostly openings and quite rolling, the southern part prairie and openings. The town was organized February 17, 1842, and included at that date the whole of the present town of Lima. The first board of officers were: Supervisors, N.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 187 / book p. 693

    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

    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 187 / book p. 693)
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