Little Chicago, Wisconsin | |
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community | |
Coordinates: 45°02′50″N 89°50′39″W / 45.04722°N 89.84417°W | |
Country | U.S.A. |
state | Wisconsin |
ZIP code | 54448 |
Little Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located along the border of the towns of Hamburg and Berlin, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2] [3]
The community was originally named Ziegler. [4] [5] In 1898, Ziegler had 60 people, a planing mill and a saw mill, one cheese factory; one hardware and one shoe store, and a Lutheran church. The United States Post Office delivered mail three times a week. [4] In 1909, Ziegler had a post office. [6]
The community reportedly got the name Little Chicago during the Prohibition era in the early 20th century, when a local tavern was dispensing illegal alcoholic beverages. [7]
Little Chicago was the setting of Adam Rapp's novel Little Chicago.[ citation needed]
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45°02′50″N 89°50′39″W / 45.04722°N 89.84417°W