Greenfield (Kinnickinnic), Milwaukee County
Origin of Greenfield, Wisconsin
In 1839 Olney Harrington, a newly-arrived attorney from New York, was appointed postmaster of the first post office in the newly-organized Town of Kinnickinnic; he submitted the post office name as "Greenfield" and citizens so liked the name that the Town was renamed "Greenfield" on February 19, 1841;when the town incorporated as a city on February 14, 1957, it retained the name.
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[Source: www.ci.greenfield.wi.us; Robert Roesler, President Greenfield Hist SocietyWe obtained a copy of the Post Office appointment from NARA, and gathered information about Harrington on the internet. The other items are common knowledge See this&more on the city's website www.ci.greenfield.wi.us Click "About Greenfield". Robert Roesler President Greenfield Hist Society]