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Place Name Type Name Origin
Ackley Town Named after Willard L. Ackley, the county's earliest known settler.
Ainsworth Town Named after "Uncle" Thomas Ainsworth, Sr. who superintendened the Wolf River Dam building project for the Keshena Improvement Company.
Antigo Town
City
Post Office The name is taken from the Indian word nee-quee-antigo-sebi. Antigo here meaning "evergreen," or "water running under evergreens," or "where evergreens can always be found."
Bass Lake Village
Post Office
Lake Unknown.
Bavaria Village
Post Office Named after the area in Prussia, the Kingdom of Bavaria, where many of its residents came from. Many were hired by the Paine Lumber Company and sent to log here.
Bryant Village
Post Office Named for Sherburn M. Bryant, of Milwaukee, the owner of most of the farm land in the vicinity, and who was also a large owner of timber in this locality.
Carpenter Town Named after Matthew H. Carpenter a Wisconsin Senator appointed to Congress in 1869 and elected to Congress in 1879.
Casper/Kasper Village
Logging Landing It may have been named after George Kasper, an early Town of Vilas supervisor or a logger in the area.
Choate Village Named for Leander Choate of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who owned large tracts of timber land in this neighborhood.
Clark Village
Post Office
School Named after Bill Clark an early settler in the Town of Polar.
Cleveland Town Named after President Grover Cleveland.
Culver Village Named after John Culver who was married to Amoretta Van Ostrand. They lived in the Town of Evergreen.
Deerbrook Village
Post Office Name by Edward Dawson, a timber cruiser, while camping as he watched a deer drink every morning from the Eau Claire River as the sun came up.
Dobbston Village
Post Office See Markton. Named after Thomas M. Dobbs who operated a saw mill in the area in 1874.
Drexel Village Village name later changed to Kent. Named for A.J. Drexel, the noted banker of Philadelphia.
Ehlinger Village
Post Office See Nine Mile Creek and Hollister. Named after the brothers Michael and Nicholas Ehlinger, from Suring, who operated a saw mill just south of Hollister.
Elcho Town
Village
Post Office Named by B.F. Dorr, the pioneer surveyor in this vicinity, from a place in Scotland that is pronounced as this town's name is spelled.
Elmhurst Village
Post Office Named from Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois.
Elton Town
Village
Post Office
School Renamed Wolf River. Named after Elton Larzelere the son of Charles Larzelere an early Town of Langlade settler.
Evans' Mill Village Named after John Evans who operated a saw mill on the Evergreen River near Culver.
Evergreen Town Named for the Evergreen River which flows through the Town.
Four Corners Village Unknown.
Freeman Village
School Unknown.
Gagen Town Named after Dan Gagen an early pioneer of the area.
Garrison Village Unknown.
Goodland Village Unknown.
Heinemann/Lumberton Village Named "Lumberton" in timber bond legal papers by Walter Ben Heinemann, the owner of the saw mill in the Town of Ackley. Most people just called the village "Heinemann" after the Heinemann Saw Mill. In 1919 he changed the spelling of the family name to "Heineman."
Hollister Village
Post Office
School See Nine Mile Creek and Ehlinger. Named after Seymour W. Hollister an Oshkosh businessman and lumberman who was a partner in the Choate-Hollister Furniture Company.
Hoxie Village Unknown.
Irwin Village
Post Office Named after Howard Irwin Sparks the postmaster for the village.
Kempster Village
Post Office
School Named for Dr. Kempster of the Northern State Hospital for the Insane who owned land in the area.
Koepenick Village
Post Office Named for E.S. Koepenick, its earliest settler and a sawmill owner and postmaster for the village.
Langlade County
Town
Village
Post Office Named for Charles Michel de Langlade an 18th century soldier and fur trader who lived in Green Bay and has been called the "father of Wisconsin.".
Lily/New Town
Village
Post Office
School Named after the Lily River which flows through the area. S.A. Taylor, an earlier settler, had previous named the Village New.
Malcolm Village
Post Office Named by and for Malcolm Hutchinson, who lived at Bryant and then was the first settler in the village of Malcolm which was near the Sherry railroad junction.
Mayking Village
Post Office
School Named after the Mayking Creek which flows through the area.
Melnik/Melnick Village See Neva and Star Neva. Unknown. Maybe named after an early settler or by settlers for a village of the same name in Bulgara?
Neva Town
Village
Post Office
School See Melnik/Melnick and Star Neva. Named after Chief Neva, a leader of a tribe of Chippewa Indians.
Neva Corners Village Named after the Town of Neva and the three roads that intersect at the location.
New County
Village See Lily. Called "New" by the State Legislature in 1879 because it was the newest county. In 1880 the Legislature renamed it Langlade County. S.A. Taylor called a village where he lived New but it was later renamed Lily.
Nine Mile Creek Village
Creek See Hollister and Ehlinger. Name of creek which flows through the area.
Norwood Town
Village
Post Office Unknown.
Markton Village
Post Office See Dobbston. After the Dobbs saw mill moved the village was renamed by a resident George Roax after his son Markton Roax.
Morley Village
Post Office Named after two brothers Edward and Jean Morley who started the village.
Muller's Lake Village
Post Office
Lake See Polar and Sylvan Lake. Named after Moritz Muller (also spelled Mueller) an early settler of the area.
Parrish Village
Post Office
School Named for a long-time Director, of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad, the first railroad that was built through this place.
Parrish Junction Railroad Junction Railroad Junction on the Oneida County line where tracks went south to the Village of Parrish.
Pearson Village
Post Office
School Named by and after J. Pearson Hughes the first storekeeper and postmaster of the village.
Peck Town Named after George W. Peck, Governor of Wisconsin from 1891 to 1895.
Pelican Town
Lake Named for Pelican Lake
Phlox Village
Post Office Named after a wild genus of herbs growing in the forests nearby.
Pickerel/Twin Lakes Village
School
Lakes Originally named after its location on Big Twin Lake and Little Twin Lake. Later renamed Pickerel after Pickerel Lake which is two miles north.
Polar/Poler Town
Village
Post Office Named after Hiram Poler/Polar an early settler of the area.
Post Lake Village
Post Office
School
Lakes Named after North and South Post Lake. Post Lake got its name because of a trading post that was located here which was used by the Indians and early French missionaries.
Price Town Named after Congressman William T. Price, of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, who served in Congress from 1885 to 1886.
Reeve/Reeves Village
Post Office Unknown.
Rolling Town
Village Unknown.
Rose Village
Post Office Named after either a relative of Henry Mitchell who owned a saw mill at the east end of Moose Lake or Ross Young his associate?
Sherry Junction Railroad Junction Railroad Junction just east of Malcolm. Named because a branch went to the Village of Kent and the Henry Sherry saw mill. The other branch went to Elton.
Springbrook Town
Brook Named for the brook that runs through the City of Antigo. The Town of Springbrook was renamed Antigo.
Star Neva Village See Melnik/Melnick, Neva and Star Neva. After a big star was pained on the front of the local tavern Melnik gradually was called Star Neva.
Strassburgh Village Named by its settlers after the capital of Alsac-Lorraine.
Summit Lake Village
Post Office
Lake The village was plotted in 1887 by the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad in 1882 and named for a nearby lake, which was on high land in the vicinity.
Sylvan Lake Village
Post Office
Lake See Polar and Mullar's Lake. Named by the postmistress, Mrs Weeks after the Webster Mfg. Co. mill pond which was a large body of water and the name applied directly to it. When the Webster Company sold their interest the name reverted back to Muller's Lake.
Twin Lakes/Pickerel Village
Post Office
Lakes See Pickerel.
Upham Town Named after William H. Upham, who was Wisconsin's Governor from 1895 to 1897.
Van Ostrand Village A platted village that was never built named for E.H. Van Ostrand of Antigo, Wisconsin.
Vaughn Village Might have been named after an earlier settler by the name of Orvis Vaughn?
Vilas Town Named after William Freeman Vilas, American lawyer and statesman, who was elected to the United States Senate from Wisconsin in 1891. He served as Postmaster General and Secretary of the Interior under President Grover Cleveland.
Weed Village Named after the J.H. (Henry) Weed Saw Mill. He erected mill in 1882.
White Lake Village
Post Office
School
Lake Village name for the lake where it is located.
Wilbur Village
Post Office Unknown

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Place Name	Type	Name Origin
Ackley	Town	Named after Willard L. Ackley, the county's earliest known settler.
Ainsworth	Town	Named after "Uncle" Thomas Ainsworth, Sr. who superintendened the Wolf River Dam building project for the Keshena Improvement Company.
Antigo	Town City Post Office	The name is taken from the Indian word nee-quee-antigo-sebi. Antigo here meaning "evergreen," or "water running under evergreens," or "where evergreens can always be found."
Bass Lake	Village Post Office Lake	Unknown.
Bavaria	Village Post Office	Named after the area in Prussia, the Kingdom of Bavaria, where many of its residents came from. Many were hired by the Paine Lumber Company and sent to log here.
Bryant	Village Post Office	Named for Sherburn M. Bryant, of Milwaukee, the owner of most of the farm land in the vicinity, and who was also a large owner of timber in this locality.
Carpenter	Town	Named after Matthew H. Carpenter a Wisconsin Senator appointed to Congress in 1869 and elected to Congress in 1879.
Casper/Kasper	Village Logging Landing	It may have been named after George Kasper, an early Town of Vilas supervisor or a logger in the area.
Choate	Village	Named for Leander Choate of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who owned large tracts of timber land in this neighborhood.
Clark	Village Post Office School	Named after Bill Clark an early settler in the Town of Polar.
Cleveland	Town	Named after President Grover Cleveland.
Culver	Village	Named after John Culver who was married to Amoretta Van Ostrand. They lived in the Town of Evergreen.
Deerbrook	Village Post Office	Name by Edward Dawson, a timber cruiser, while camping as he watched a deer drink every morning from the Eau Claire River as the sun came up.
Dobbston	Village Post Office	See Markton. Named after Thomas M. Dobbs who operated a saw mill in the area in 1874.
Drexel	Village	Village name later changed to Kent. Named for A.J. Drexel, the noted banker of Philadelphia.
Ehlinger	Village Post Office	See Nine Mile Creek and Hollister. Named after the brothers Michael and Nicholas Ehlinger, from Suring, who operated a saw mill just south of Hollister.
Elcho	Town Village Post Office	Named by B.F. Dorr, the pioneer surveyor in this vicinity, from a place in Scotland that is pronounced as this town's name is spelled.
Elmhurst	Village Post Office	Named from Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois.
Elton	Town Village Post Office School	Renamed Wolf River. Named after Elton Larzelere the son of Charles Larzelere an early Town of Langlade settler.
Evans' Mill	Village	Named after John Evans who operated a saw mill on the Evergreen River near Culver.
Evergreen	Town	Named for the Evergreen River which flows through the Town.
Four Corners	Village	Unknown.
Freeman	Village School	Unknown.
Gagen	Town	Named after Dan Gagen an early pioneer of the area.
Garrison	Village	Unknown.
Goodland	Village	Unknown.
Heinemann/Lumberton	Village	Named "Lumberton" in timber bond legal papers by Walter Ben Heinemann, the owner of the saw mill in the Town of Ackley. Most people just called the village "Heinemann" after the Heinemann Saw Mill. In 1919 he changed the spelling of the family name to "Heineman."
Hollister	Village Post Office School	See Nine Mile Creek and Ehlinger. Named after Seymour W. Hollister an Oshkosh businessman and lumberman who was a partner in the Choate-Hollister Furniture Company.
Hoxie	Village	Unknown.
Irwin	Village Post Office	Named after Howard Irwin Sparks the postmaster for the village.
Kempster	Village Post Office School	Named for Dr. Kempster of the Northern State Hospital for the Insane who owned land in the area.
Koepenick	Village Post Office	Named for E.S. Koepenick, its earliest settler and a sawmill owner and postmaster for the village.
Langlade	County Town Village Post Office	Named for Charles Michel de Langlade an 18th century soldier and fur trader who lived in Green Bay and has been called the "father of Wisconsin.".
Lily/New	Town Village Post Office School	Named after the Lily River which flows through the area. S.A. Taylor, an earlier settler, had previous named the Village New.
Malcolm	Village Post Office	Named by and for Malcolm Hutchinson, who lived at Bryant and then was the first settler in the village of Malcolm which was near the Sherry railroad junction.
Mayking	Village Post Office School	Named after the Mayking Creek which flows through the area.
Melnik/Melnick	Village	See Neva and Star Neva. Unknown. Maybe named after an early settler or by settlers for a village of the same name in Bulgara?
Neva	Town Village Post Office School	See Melnik/Melnick and Star Neva. Named after Chief Neva, a leader of a tribe of Chippewa Indians.
Neva Corners	Village	Named after the Town of Neva and the three roads that intersect at the location.
New	County Village	See Lily. Called "New" by the State Legislature in 1879 because it was the newest county. In 1880 the Legislature renamed it Langlade County. S.A. Taylor called a village where he lived New but it was later renamed Lily.
Nine Mile Creek	Village Creek	See Hollister and Ehlinger. Name of creek which flows through the area.
Norwood	Town Village Post Office	Unknown.
Markton	Village Post Office	See Dobbston. After the Dobbs saw mill moved the village was renamed by a resident George Roax after his son Markton Roax.
Morley	Village Post Office	Named after two brothers Edward and Jean Morley who started the village.
Muller's Lake	Village Post Office Lake	See Polar and Sylvan Lake. Named after Moritz Muller (also spelled Mueller) an early settler of the area.
Parrish	Village Post Office School	Named for a long-time Director, of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad, the first railroad that was built through this place.
Parrish Junction	Railroad Junction	Railroad Junction on the Oneida County line where tracks went south to the Village of Parrish.
Pearson	Village Post Office School	Named by and after J. Pearson Hughes the first storekeeper and postmaster of the village.
Peck	Town	Named after George W. Peck, Governor of Wisconsin from 1891 to 1895.
Pelican	Town Lake	Named for Pelican Lake
Phlox	Village Post Office	Named after a wild genus of herbs growing in the forests nearby.
Pickerel/Twin Lakes	Village School Lakes	Originally named after its location on Big Twin Lake and Little Twin Lake. Later renamed Pickerel after Pickerel Lake which is two miles north.
Polar/Poler	Town Village Post Office	Named after Hiram Poler/Polar an early settler of the area.
Post Lake	Village Post Office School Lakes	Named after North and South Post Lake. Post Lake got its name because of a trading post that was located here which was used by the Indians and early French missionaries.
Price	Town	Named after Congressman William T. Price, of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, who served in Congress from 1885 to 1886.
Reeve/Reeves	Village Post Office	Unknown.
Rolling	Town Village	Unknown.
Rose	Village Post Office	Named after either a relative of Henry Mitchell who owned a saw mill at the east end of Moose Lake or Ross Young his associate?
Sherry Junction	Railroad Junction	Railroad Junction just east of Malcolm. Named because a branch went to the Village of Kent and the Henry Sherry saw mill. The other branch went to Elton.
Springbrook	Town Brook	Named for the brook that runs through the City of Antigo. The Town of Springbrook was renamed Antigo.
Star Neva	Village	See Melnik/Melnick, Neva and Star Neva. After a big star was pained on the front of the local tavern Melnik gradually was called Star Neva.
Strassburgh	Village	Named by its settlers after the capital of Alsac-Lorraine.
Summit Lake	Village Post Office Lake	The village was plotted in 1887 by the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad in 1882 and named for a nearby lake, which was on high land in the vicinity.
Sylvan Lake	Village Post Office Lake	See Polar and Mullar's Lake. Named by the postmistress, Mrs Weeks after the Webster Mfg. Co. mill pond which was a large body of water and the name applied directly to it. When the Webster Company sold their interest the name reverted back to Muller's Lake.
Twin Lakes/Pickerel	Village Post Office Lakes	See Pickerel.
Upham	Town	Named after William H. Upham, who was Wisconsin's Governor from 1895 to 1897.
Van Ostrand	Village	A platted village that was never built named for E.H. Van Ostrand of Antigo, Wisconsin.
Vaughn	Village	Might have been named after an earlier settler by the name of Orvis Vaughn?
Vilas	Town	Named after William Freeman Vilas, American lawyer and statesman, who was elected to the United States Senate from Wisconsin in 1891. He served as Postmaster General and Secretary of the Interior under President Grover Cleveland.
Weed	Village	Named after the J.H. (Henry) Weed Saw Mill. He erected mill in 1882.
White Lake	Village Post Office School Lake	Village name for the lake where it is located.
Wilbur	Village Post Office	Unknown