Burton [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Burton [origin of place name]

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

The old mill built by Daniel R. Burt on Grant River in Section 23 was the nucleus around which gathered in early times a post office, store, and blacksmith shop.

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[Source: p.720 of Holford, History of Grant Co.]