1) Named for Thomas P. Burnett, an early Wisconsin legislator. 2) Named for a Milwaukee settler who was killed by the Indians while on a hunting and trapping expedition in the section now known as Dodge County.

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[Source: 1) Wis. Hist. Colls., i, p.325; 2) Juneau Independant Aug. 2, 1940 (see Clyman Dodge Co.).]