Marathon County, Wisconsin History Index

History

Marathon County, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Valley Internet Library Collection

1881 County History

1890 WI State Veteran's Census Index for Marathon County Wisconsin

1913 History of the Settlement of Western Marathon County, Wisconsin

1913 History of the Wisconsin River Valley

Current Township Map

Land Records & Maps

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Townships & Communities

Incorporated Towns in Marathon County, 1913 — Bergen, Berlin, Stettin, Bern, Brighton, Cleveland, Day, Easton, Eau Pleine, Eldron, Emmett, Flieth, Frankfort, Franzen, Halsey, Hamburg, Harrison, Hewitt, Holeton, Hull, Johnson, Knowlton, Kronenwetter, Pike Lake, Maine Wien, Marathon, McMillan, Mosinee Texas, Norrie, Plover, Cassel, Ringle, Spencer, Rio Falls, Rietbrook, Wausau and Weston. The current townships are listed below.

Towns with WVLS Libraries: Athens, Edgar, Hatley, Marathon, Mosinee, Rothschild, Spencer, Stratford, Wausau.

Bergen Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Bergen Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

1881 Hutchinson History

Berlin

1913 History of Berlin Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Emmerich

Little Chicago

Naugart

Taegesville (was Maine)

Ziegler

Bern Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Bern Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Athens

1913 History of Athens, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Gad

Bevent Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

Bevent

Shantytown

Brighton Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Brighton Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

1880 Brighton Plat Map; Legend

1882 Wis. Atlas & Plat Map

1890 Census of Brighton's Surviving Soldiers & Widows

1915 North-Central Wisconsin Soil Map

Brighton Township Cemetery Index

Civil War Veterans of Brighton

St. John's Lutheran Church History, Spencer, WI

St. John's Lutheran (Cemetery Records)

St. John's Lutheran, Brighton Twp., Marathon Co., WI (Church Records)

Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Spencer, WI

Holton

1890 Holton, Wis. Surviving Soldiers & Widows

Civil War Veterans of Holton Township, Marathon Co., Wis.

Holton, District #4 School (Photo)

Holton, WI: Bartnick Saw Mill

Romeo

Unity (Also See Clark Co., Wis.)

1881 History of Unity, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

1921 Village of Unity, Wis. Distinctions

Evangelical Trinity Cemetery, Unity, WI

Brokaw

1913 History of Brokaw Twp., Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Cassel Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Cassel Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Edgar

1913 History of Edgar, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

1913 Edgar, Marathon Co., Wis. Businesses

Marathon

1881 History of Marathon City, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

1913 History of Marathon City, Marathon Co. Wisconsin

Cleveland Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

Bradley

Stratford

1913 History of Stratford, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

St. Joseph Parish Anniversary Book Index

Day Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Day Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Eau Pleine Mill

Rozellville

Eau Pleine Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Eau Pleine Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Little Rose

March

March Rapids

Staadt

Startford

Weber

Easton Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Easton Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Johnson

Sunset

Eldron Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Eldron Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Elderon

McKinley

Emmett Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Emmett Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Halder

Fenwood

1913 History of Fenwood, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Frankfort Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Frankfort Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

1890 Census of Frankfort's Surviving Soldiers & Widows

Flieth Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Flieth Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Franzen Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Franzen Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Galloway (was Hunters Camp)

Holt

Green Valley Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

Guenther Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

Guenther

Halsey Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Halsey Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Athens (was Black Creek Falls)

Hamburg Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Hamburg Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Hamburg

Little Chicago

Harrison Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Harrison Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Hogarty

Snell

Hewitt Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Hewitt Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Glandon

Kalinke

Holton Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Holton Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Civil War Veterans of Holton Township, Marathon Co., Wis.

Holton, Wis. Bartnick Saw Mill

Abbotsford (also see Mayville Twp., Clark Co. Wis.)

Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Abbotsford, WI

Melvin Companies Celebrate 75 years (Marathon County)

Denny

Dorchester (also see Mayville Twp., Clark Co. Wis.)

Hull Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Hull Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

1890 Hull, Wis. Surviving Soldiers & Widows

Civil War Veterans of Hull Township, Marathon Co., Wis.

Abbotsford (see Holton Twp. and Mayville Twp., Clark Co. Wis.)

Abbotsford Centennial Booklet

Colby (Also See Clark Co., Wis.)

1881 History of Colby, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

1913 History of Colby, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Colby's 100th Anniversary

Cherokee

Johnson Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Johnson Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

1890 Census of Johnson's Surviving Soldiers & Widows

Athens

Bushman

Corinth

Goodrich Junction

Milan

Bethlehem Lutheran Church - Celebrates 100 years (Milan, Marathon Co., Wis.)

Wuertsburg

Knowlton Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Knowlton Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Ashley

Dancy

Mosinee - City

Knowlton Station

1881 History of Knowlton, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Kronenwetter Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Kronenwetter Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Mosinee (was Little Bull Falls)

Peplin

Wildes

Maine Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Maine Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Wausau - City (also see Stettin Twp.)

1881 History of Wausau, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

1890 Census for Wausau's Surviving Soldiers & Widows

1913 History of Wausau, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Mannville

188 History of Mannville, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Mann/Mannville

*This community is in the Town of Mann, Marathon County. It is located north of Marshfield along highway 13 about a mile north of the city. It once was called Mannville and had a cemetery that no one now knows the location of. Ken Wood.

Marathon Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1890 Census of Marathon's Surviving Soldiers & Widows

1913 History of Marathon Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

Barney

Marathon - City

Mylrea

McMillan Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of McMillan, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

McMillian

Mosinee Township, Marathon Co. Wis.

1913 History of Mosinee Township, Marathon Co., Wisconsin

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