"The township of Williamstown, in which Mayville is located, received its first settlers in 1845 when Alvin and William Foster and Chester May arrived to select a site for their mills and begin work on the sawmill and dam. The area apparently received its name from one of its first settlers, William Foster."

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[Source: Waupun Leader-News, 12 May 1938.]