| Official Name: | Dexterville, Wisconsin |
| Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wood |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 991 |
| Coordinates: | 44.3764°N -90.1106°W |
| Area Code: | 715 & 534 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1563957 |
Dexterville is an unincorporated community in the town of Dexter, Wood County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] [2] It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 80 and Wisconsin Highway 54.
Dexterville was founded in about 1848.[3] In 1850, the sawmilling magnate George Hiles moved to the area and set up a lumbermill in Dexterville. Dexter township may be named after Dexter, Michigan, the native home of a first settler, although folk etymology maintains the township is named after the mule of a local pioneer.[4] Hiles was granted a post office for Dexterville in 1858.[5] He created the Milwaukee, Dexterville, and Northern Railroad in 1887 to carry timber from the area.[6] The railroad was purchased by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad a few years later, and passed through the community in 1890.[7]
The Dexterville Dam is located on the southern edge of Lake Dexter; it dams the Yellow River, creating Dexter Lake. The dam was created by Wood County to provide waterfront for the current Dexter County Park.[8] A county worker died performing maintenance on the dam in 2009.[9]