Lindsey, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:Lindsey, 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:1158
Coordinates:44.5558°N -90.3°W
Area Code:715 & 534
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1568143

Lindsey is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. Lindsey is located at the junction of County Highways V and N 10miles southwest of Marshfield.[1]

History

Lindsey was originally part of the vague region called Nasonville since the brothers Solomon L. and William G. Nason had settled at a site about eleven miles southwest of Marshfield in the Spring of 1855. The Nasons were from Cumberland County, Maine. They settled permanently in what would later be termed Nasonville proper in September 1856, buying land in Section 5, Town 24 N, Range 2 E (Rock Township), and also buying several adjoining sections. Solomon later donated a portion of this land, on which Lindsey would be erected.[2]

Lindsey was first platted in 1891, and named after F. D. Lindsey, a businessperson in the local lumber industry.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Wood County . pdf . . July 17, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516205953/http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/wood.pdf . May 16, 2008 .
  2. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.JonesHist Jones, George O. et al "Nasonville" in History of Wood County, Wisconsin Minneapolis-Winona, Wisconsin: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1923; pp. 275, 276
  3. Book: Wood County Place Names . The University of Wisconsin Press . Rudolph, Robert S. . 1970 . 44.