Nasonville, Wisconsin
Nasonville, Wisconsin | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Wood |
Elevation | 1,335 ft (407 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
GNIS feature ID | 1570110[1] |
Nasonville is an unincorporated community located in the town of Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]
History
The name "Nasonville" at one time applied to a vague region commencing about three or four miles southwest of what was to become Marshfield, and extending towards Mapleworks and Neillsville in Clark County, 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, Maine. They settled permanently in what would later be termed Nasonville proper in September of 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 the hamlet of Lindey would be erected. Solomon Nason established and kept a store in Nasonville, and when a Nasonville post office was established was appointed postmaster in 1859, serving in that capacity until 1878 when the post office was abolished.[2]
Notable people
- Solomon Nason, pioneer, legislator[3]
Notes
- ^ a b "Nasonville, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Jones, George O. et al "Nasonville" in History of Wood County, Wisconsin Minneapolis-Winona, Wisconsin: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1923; pp. 275, 276
- ^ Biographical Sketch of Solomon Nason