Name given by the secretary of the state of Wisconsin, after local citizens could not agree on a name for their community. Early histories of the region do not give the reason for his choosing this name.  It may have been named for Napoleon's first place of exile, the island of Elba in the Mediterranean Sea.

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[Source: Waupun Leader-News, March 24, 1938; Milwaukee Sentinel, Jul. 24, 1948.]