Taylor County
Wisconsin
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Taylor County On March 4, 1875, largely through the efforts of T.C. Whalen, the state of Wisconsin legislature created Taylor County out of territory taken from Clark, Chippewa, Marathon and Lincoln counties. It is located in northwest Wisconsin, and is one of 72 counties in Wisconsin. It is seven townships long and four wide, except for one lacking in the southeast corner. It has an area of 986 square miles, and is crossed by the fourth principle meridian and a correction line. Since it was erected in 1875, this county was probably named for the governor in office at that time, William Robert Taylor. Born in Connecticut in 1818, he emigrated to Dane County in 1848, and lived upon a farm therein. He was, during his term (1874-76) known as the "farmer governor." He died in the spring of 1909 near Madison. The county seat is Medford.
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| Resources Frances L. Simek Memorial Library 400 North Main Street Medford 54451 715-748-2505 Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library 105 N Gershwin Street P.O. Box 99 Stetsonville 54480 715-678-2892 Rib Lake Public Library 645 Pearl Street Rib Lake 54470 715-427-5769 Westboro Public Library N4941 Center Street PO Box 100 Westboro 54490 715-427-5864 Western Taylor County Public Library 4th & Main Street PO Box 87 Gilman 54433 715-447-5486 |
Townships Aurora Browning Chelsea Cleveland Deer Creek Ford Goodrich Greenwood Grover Hammel Holway Jump River Little Black Maplehurst McKinley Medford Molitor Pershing Rib Lake Taft Roosevelt Westboro |
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& Villages Gilman Lublin Medford Rib Lake Stetsonville Westboro  Medford 1881 |
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