| Little Chicago, Wisconsin | |
| Settlement Type: | community |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | U.S.A. |
| Subdivision Type1: | state |
| Subdivision Name1: | Wisconsin |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 54448 |
| Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin#USA |
| Coordinates: | 45.0472°N -89.8442°W |
Little Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located along the border of the towns of Hamburg and Berlin, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] [2]
The community was originally named Ziegler.[3] [4] In 1898, Ziegler had 60 people, a planing mill and a saw mill, one cheese factory; one hardware and one shoe store, and a Lutheran church. The United States Post Office delivered mail three times a week. In 1909, Ziegler had a post office.[5]
The community reportedly got the name Little Chicago during the Prohibition era in the early 20th century, when a local tavern was dispensing illegal alcoholic beverages.[6]
Little Chicago was the setting of Adam Rapp's novel Little Chicago.