Early Settlement Missionaries and Indian traders were the first to travel the old Indian trails through the area. Post Lake was a trading post between the French and Indians. The Pottawattomies had a settlement on Upper Post Lake when the white settlers first began to arrive. William Ackley, reputed to be the first white settler in the area, had built his home three miles east of what is now Antigo at the forks of the East and West Branches of the Eau Claire River as early as 1853. In the late 1860's the "Military Road" was built between Green Bay and Fort Wilkins, Michigan. It generally followed what is now State Highway 55. This led early pioneer families to establish several small communities in the eastern part of the county as "stopping-places" for travelers using the "Military Road." Francis Deleglise and his companion George Eckart arrived at an area that they called "Spring Brook" on Jan 22, 1876. "Spring Brook" eventually became the City of Antigo. Langlade County was created February 27, 1879 by the state legislature from territory detached from Oconto County and at first was called "New". "New" was attached to Shawano County for county and judicial purposes from 1879 to 1881. This means any birth, marriage, death and court records for this time period are in Shawano County. In February, 1880 the state legislature changed the name to "Langlade." No civil/political Towns were created until 1881. The six original civil/political towns were: Antigo, Carpenter, Gagen, Norwood, Polar, and Rolling. In 1885 the state legislature detached territory from Lincoln County and attached what would eventually become the towns of Ackley, Peck, Upham and Summit to Langlade. Research Aids Historical & Current Map Search Tools for Langlade County. National Register of Historic Places in Langlade County (offsite) Wisconsin Historical Society Architecture & History Inventory of Langlade County (offsite) Langlade County Veteran Memorials Database (offsite) BLM Land Patents Records for Langlade County Source: USGenWeb BLM Land Patent Datebase Source: blm.gov Churches Source: churchangel.com Langlade County Cemetery and Burial Site Research Historical Pictures & Places Langlade County Web Site (offsite)

The Early History of Langlade County County History Part One County History Part Two Full Text of "History of Langlade County, Wisconsin..." By Robert M. Dessureau (offsite) Historical Post Offices 1878-present. Origins of Langlade County Placenames County Pioneer Biographies County & Town Territorial Change Maps Physical Location Descriptions for Historical School Districts Municipal Records Copies of municipal records (some from the 1800's) at the Wisconsin Secretary of State Office. This link is a historical gold mine! Wikipedia Reference
HELP! I have been unable to determine the locations of the following historical communities. According to the website www.postalhistory.com and Wisconsin Blue Books the following post offices were located in Langlade County. Any help in determining the locations of these communities would be greatly appreciated! I know the locations can be found in the following book but I am having difficulty getting access to it! Is there anyone out there who can get access to this book and find the locations for me? "Wisconsin, Its Territorial and Statehood Post Offices" by Frank Moertl. ocm: 35044323 Clark, 1912 to 1912 (Thank you to Jessica VanHove who found Clark on a 1913 platbook. Location is the center of section 1 of Polar Township right at the center of curve of Sherry Road.) Garrison, 1884 to 1885 Goodland, 1880 to 1881 Hoxie, 1887 to 1888 Wilbur, 1884 to 1885
ACKLEY Created Mar 4, 1879 in Lincoln Co. Attached to Langlade Co. Apr 11, 1885 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Lumberton/Heinemann Vaughn Historical Schools Dist # 1, Clover Valley Dist # 2, Ferndale Dist # 3, Longfellow Dist # 5, Eau Claire Dist # 6, Marsh Dist # 7, Riverview Historical Railroad Locations Bellemyer Spur Boehm Spur McInness Spur Antigo to Heinemann Mill Line (C&NW) Marinette Tomahawk & Western (Logging) RR Milwaukee Road Historical Lumber Companies Barker & Stewart Lumber Co. Brooks & Ross Lumber Co. B. Heinmann Lumber Co. Paine/a.k.a. Langlade Lumber Co.	AINSWORTH Created Nov 17, 1904 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Pearson Stopping Places Historical Schools Dist # 3, Pearson Dist # 4, Arbutus Dist # 5, Forest Dale Dist # 6, Clover Dale Dist # 7, Swamp Creek Historical Railroad Locations Pearson to Koepenick Line (C&NW) Pearson Engine House Underwood Veneer Co. (Logging) RR Historical Lumber Companies C.W. Fish Lumber Co. Gill & Dawley Lumber Co. Hale, Mylrea Lumber Co. Kellogg Lumber & Mfg. Co. Paine/a.k.a. Langlade Lumber Co. Munsard & Perkins Lumber Co. Underwood Veneer Co. White Star Lumber Co. Wittenberg Cedar Co.	ANTIGO Created Nov 13, 1879 and named Springbrook by Shawano County Board along with Carpenter and Langlade. Named changed to Antigo when the other five original towns were created by the Langlade County Board on Feb 19, 1881 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities City of Antigo Weed Town Historical Schools Dist # 1, Pioneer Dist # 2, Mayflower Dist # 3, Boulder Hill Dist # 4, Selenske Dist # 5, Chamberlain Dist # 6, Neff Switch Dist # 7, Fairview Antigo Unified SD Historical Schools Ward One Ward Two Ward Three Ward Four Ward Five Ward Six AUSD, Lily Elem. AUSD, Aniwa Elem. AUSD, River Grove Elem. Operating Antigo Unified SD Schools High School Middle School East Elem. North Elem. West Elem. Crestwood Elem. Mattoon Elem. Pleasant View Elem. Spring Valley Elem. Historical Railroad Locations Antigo Depot Antigo Roundhouse C&NW Ashland Division Line Donahue Spur MLS&W RR Line Neff Siding Wolf River Junction Wolf River Branch Line Historical Lumber Companies Antigo Lumber Co. (1st one) Antigo Lumber Co. (2nd one) Edgar & Martin Lumber Co. Faust Lumber Co. C.W. Fish Lumber Co. Henshaw-Worden Lumber Co. Hosie & Mellor Lumber Co. T.D. Kellogg Lumber & Mfg. Co. Kingsbury & Henshaw Lumber Co. C.H. Krause Lumber Co. Paine/ a.k.a. Langlade Lumber Co. Wisconsin Bark & Lumber Co. Wolf River Lumber Co. Wunderlich Lumber & Mfg. Co.
CARPENTER Historical Town Created Feb 19, 1881 Vacated January 7, 1885 Historical Communities Alvin Argonne Ayr/Crandon Laona Newald Popple River	CLEVELAND Historical Town Created Nov 15, 1884 Vacated November 15, 1886 Historical Communities Town of Freedom Town of Nashville (south) Pearson	ELCHO Created Feb 23, 1887 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Elcho Hoxie? Post Lake Historical Schools Dist #1, Elcho Graded #1 subdist., Lakeside # 1 subdist., Kosciousko # 1 subdist., Sunset Dist # 2, Post Lake Historical Railroad Locations C&NW Ashland Division Line Elcho Depot MLS&W RR Line Historical Lumber Companies C.W. Fish Lumber Co. Frost Veneer Seating Co. Jones Lumber Co.
ELTON Historical Town Created Nov 10, 1886 Renamed Wolf River Apr 25, 1925	EVERGREEN Created Feb 26, 1896 as Wolf River Named changed to Evergreen on May 19, 1896 Wikipedia.Reference Historical Communities Elton Four Corners Grudgeville Historical Schools Dist # 1, Cozy Corner Dist # 3, Sherry Dist # 4, McKinley Dist # 5, Elton Dist # ?, Wilson Dist # 7, Washington Historical Railroad Locations Crocker Chair (Logging) RR Sherry Extension Wolf River Branch Line (MLS&W) (C&NW) Wisconsin & Northern RR Line Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Co. (Logging) RR Historical Lumber Companies Crocker Chair Co. Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Co. Upham Lumber Co.	GAGEN Historical Town Created Feb 19, 1881 Vacated April 11, 1885 Historical Communities Frydenland/Freindland/Rice Lake/Mole Lake Hiles Lac Vieux Desert Town of Nashville (north) Phelps Sherman Corners Three Lakes
LANGLADE Created Mar 2, 1876 in Oconto Co. Attached to New Co. Feb 27, 1879 Attached to Shawano Co. Feb 19, 1881 Reattached to Langlade Co. Apr 3, 1885 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Choate Freeman Lily/New/Priem Pickerel/Twin Lakes Stopping Places Historical Schools Dist # 1, Pickerel Dist. # ?, Freeman Dist # 7, Elm Grove Dist # 8, Lily Historical Railroad Locations Freeman Siding Langlade Land & Logging Spur Lily Depot Powell Siding Seering Siding Wisconsin & Northern RR Line (Soo RR) X277 Spur Historical Lumber Companies Timothy Craine Lumber Co.	LILY Historical Town Created Nov 18, 1898 Ordinance rescinded Jan 25, 1899 Remained Town of Langlade	NEVA Created Jan 11, 1883 2nd Source: May 3, 1883 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Deerbrook Kempster Melnick/Melnik/(historically Neva)/Star Neva Neva Corners (informally Neva) Reeves Chippewa Indian Village-Bass Lake,Section 10 Chippewa Indian Village-Eau Claire River-Section 15 Historical Schools Jt Dist # 1, Kempster Dist # 2, Gillis Jt Dist # 3, Deerbrook Dist # 3, Little Chicago Dist # 5, Spring Brook Historical Railroad Locations CN&W Ashland Division Line Deerbrook Depot Honzicks Spur Kempster Engine House & Turn-Table MLS&W RR Line Historical Lumber Companies Fraker & Graves Lumber Co. Hoxie & Mellor Lumber Co. Wisconsin Bark & Lumber Co.
NORWOOD Created Nov 9, 1880 in Shawano Co. Attached to Langlade Co. Feb 19, 1881 as Milltown Split from Rolling Apr 15, 1881 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Mayking Norwood Phlox Rose Historical Schools Dist # 1, Riverside Dist # 2, Red River Dist # 3, Maple Grove Dist # 4, Apple Grove Dist # 5, Sugar Bush Dist # 6, Mayking Historical Railroad Locations Tramway Western Siding Wisconsin & Northern Phlox Branch Wisconsin & Northern RR Historical Lumber Companies Mattoon Mfg. Co. Red River Mfg. Co.	PARRISH Created Nov 13, 1889 Vacated Jan 25, 1899 Recreated Nov 13, 1923. Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Irwin Parrish Parrish Junction Historical Schools Cons Dist # 1, Parrish Historical Railroad Locations Wolf & Wisconsin (Logging) RR Branch from Pratt Junction Historical Lumber Companies Brooks & Ross Lumber Co. Hurlbutt-Tillman Lumber Co. Parrish Lumber Co. Prairie River Lumber Co.	PECK Created Jan 28, 1891 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Morley Ormsby Vaughn Wilbur? Historical Schools Dist # 1, Badger Jt Dist # 1, Kempster Dist # 2, Beck Dist # 3, Friebel Dist # 3, Hawley Dist # 4, Ackley Dist # 4, Blue Bell Dist # 4, Maltby Dist # 5, Rosedale Dist # 6, Ormsby Dist # 7, Pine River Historical Railroad Locations Honzicks Spur to Ormsby (C&NW) Historical Lumber Companies Northern Woodland Lumber Co. Ormsby Land & Timber Co.
PELICAN Historical Town Created Dec 13, 1883 Vacated and attached to Forest Co. Apr 11, 1885 Named was changed to Pelican Lake on Mar 27, 1890. Later town was attached to Oneida County and again named Pelican. Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Gagen Jennings Pelican Lake Pratt Junction Uniontown/Monico	POLAR Created Feb 19, 1881 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Clark (Center of section 1) Polar/Muller's Lake/Mueller's Lake/Sylvan Lake Historical Schools Dist # 1, Schuman Dist # 2, Highland Dist # 3, Franklin Dist # 4 Polar Dist # 5, Edison Dist # ?, Lincoln Dist # 7, Clark Historical Railroad Locations Mullar Spur (C&NW) Historical Lumber Companies T.D. Kellogg Lumber & Mfg. Co. Webster Mfg. Co.	PRICE Created Dec 13, 1883 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Bryant Drexell/Kent Hoxie? Malcolm Sherry Junction Historical Schools Dist # 1, Malcolm Jt Dist # 1, Kent Dist # 2, Bryant Dist # 3, Price/Green Valley Historical Railroad Locations Gilmans Spur Malcom Siding Paine/a.k.a. Langlade Lumber (Logging) RR Sherry Junction Wolf River Branch Line (MLS&W) (C&NW) Historical Lumber Companies Antigo Mfg. Co. Davis Brothers Lumber Co. Endre Norem Lumber Co. Henry Sherry Lumber Co.
ROLLING Created Dec 16, 1880 in Shawano Co. Attached to Langlade Co. Feb 19, 1881as Milltown Split from Norwood Apr 15, 1881 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Elmhurst Eric's Sawmill Rolling Strassburg Historical Schools Dist # 1, Hillside Dist # 2, Strassburg Dist # 3, Sunnyside Dist # 4, Fernwood Dist # 5, Elmhurst Dist # 6, Pine Grove Historical Railroad Locations C&NW Ashland Division Line Elmhurst Depot MLS&W RR Line Tramway Historical Lumber Companies Frost Veneer Seating Co. Mattoon Lumber Co. J.S. Wunderlich & Sons	SPRINGBROOK, CARPENTER, & LANGLADE Historical Towns These three towns were created Nov 13, 1879 by the Shawano County Board. When "New" County was created it was placed under the jurisdictional control of Shawano County. The Shawano County Board created these three towns which were represented by town chairman on the Shawano Board. These towns were also used as enumeration districts on the 1880 Federal Census. The exact list of townships in each town is not known. The Springbrook name was changed to "Antigo" on Feb 19, 1881 when the first Langlade County Board created the six original towns of Antigo, Carpenter, Gagen, Norwood, Polar, and Rolling.	SUMMIT Created on Feb 28, 1886 2nd source: Feb 3, 1886 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Bavaria Historical Schools Dist # 1& #5 Sleeply Hollow Dist # 2, Sunny Slope Cons. District # 2, Parrish Dist # 3, Rocky Glenn Dist # 4, Callsen Dist # 5 & # 1, Sleeply Hollow Historical Railroad Locations Paine/a.k.a. Langlade Lumber (Logging) RR Historical Lumber Companies Frazer Lumber Co. Paine/a.k.a. Langlade Lumber Co. Prairie River Lumber Co.
UPHAM Created Nov 16, 1894 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Bass Lake Koepenick Summit Lake Historical Schools Con Dist # 1 Summit Lake Jt. Dist # 2, Brown Bear/Shanks Dist # 6, Koepenick Dist # 7, Forest Dist # 8, Whittier Historical Railroad Locations Bass Lake Branch Line (C&NW) C&NW Ashland Division Line Koepenick Depot? MLS&W RR Line Summit Lake Depot Historical Lumber Companies Paine/a.k.a. Langlade Lumber Co. Tigerton Lumber Co.	VILAS Created Nov 11, 1886 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Casper/Kasper Historical Schools Dist # 1, Liberty Bell Dist # 2, Good Luck Dist # 3, Forest View Dist # 4, Elmwood Historical Railroad Locations C&NW Logging Branch from Lumberton/Heinemann to Casper & North Historical Lumber Companies B. Heinemann Lumber Co. Had numerous logging camps.	WOLF RIVER Created Nov 10, 1886 as Elton Named changed to Wolf River on Apr 22, 1925 Wikipedia Reference Historical Communities Culver Dobbston/Markton Evans' Mill Hollister/Nine Mile Creek/Ehlinger Langlade Van Ostrand White Lake Stopping Places Historical Schools Dist # 1, White Lake Dist # 4, Langlade/Wolf River Dist # 5, Markton Dist # 6, Hollister Historical Railroad Locations Crandon Junction Hollister Junction Jones Spur Morse & Tradewell Lumber Co. (Logging) RR Oconto Co. (Logging) RR Wallrich Spur White Lake Depot Wisconsin & Northern RR Line (Soo RR) Wolf River Branch Line (MLS&W) (C&NW) Wolf River Valley Junction Yawkey-Bissell (Logging) RR Historical Lumber Companies Anderson & Wallrich Lumber Co. Campbell Lumber Co. Menasha Wooden Ware Co. Morse & Tradewell Lumber Co. Oconto Lumber Co. Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Co.

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