KILDARE TOWNSHIP

Organized:  1851, by Sauk County Board as the Town of Dells;  1854, changed to Lindon; 1857, changed to Kildare
Origin of Name:  Dells, from the Dells of the Wisconsin River;  Lindon, from the New Hampshire home of Town Leader, James COPE;  Kildare, from the Irish home of many settlers.
First Settler:  Frank Provonsal, 1839
First Church: St. Bridget's, 1851
First Recorded Town Tax:  $1251.00, Nov. 8, 1865
First Town Chairman: James Heavey

• Even prior to the construction of the railroad through Juneau in 1855-57, Kildare had a sizeable population of Irish immigrants.  It has remained one of the few recognizable ethnic groups in the County.

• St. Bridget's, near Lyndon Station, was the first church building in the County.  Kildare was called Lindon when Juneau County was formed in 1857 and the first Supervisor answered the roll call accordingly.

• Kildare absorbed part of the short-lived Town of Waucedah in 1857 and acquired a portion of the Roger's Mill Community on the Lemonweir.

source: Juneau County, The First Hundred Years, published 1988

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