Lindsey is an
unincorporated community
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located in the
Town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Rock
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* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
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* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
,
Wood County,
Wisconsin
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, United States. Lindsey is located at the junction of County Highways V and N southwest of
Marshfield.
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 Cumberland County may refer to:
Australia
* Cumberland County, New South Wales
* the former name of Cumberland Land District, Tasmania, Australia
Canada
*Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
*Cumberland, historic county
*Cumberlan ...
,
Maine
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. 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.
Lindsey was first
plat
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ted in 1891, and named after F. D. Lindsey, a businessperson in the local lumber industry.
References
External links
1909 plat map of Lindsey1928 plat map
Unincorporated communities in Wood County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
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