Marion [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Marion [origin of place name]

Marion [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

Formerly Perry's Mill for J.W. Perry, sawmill owner, 1856. Changed to Marion by Frank Door, county surveyor.

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[Source: ware, Standard History of Waupaca County, vol. 1, p. 345]