Nasonville, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:Nasonville, 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:1335
Coordinates:44.5989°N -90.2583°W
Area Code:715 & 534
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1570110

Nasonville is an unincorporated community located in the town of Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, United States.

History

The name "Nasonville" at one time applied to a vague region commencing about three or four miles southwest of what was to become Marshfield, and extending towards Maple Works and Neillsville in Clark County, 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 the hamlet of Lindsey would be erected. Solomon Nason established and kept a store in Nasonville, and when a Nasonville post office was established was appointed postmaster in 1859, serving in that capacity until 1878.[1] The Nasonville post office closed permanently in 1900.[2]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. 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
  2. Book: Wood County Place Names . The University of Wisconsin Press . Rudolph, Robert S. . 1970 . 55–56.
  3. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/county/clark/1data/22/22243.htm Biographical Sketch of Solomon Nason