Price is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in the town of

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, Jackson County,

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, United States. Price is located along

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west-southwest of

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History

A post office called Price was established in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. The community was named for

William T. Price William Thompson Price (June 17, 1824December 6, 1886) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician. He represented Wisconsin's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from ...

, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

References

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