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Hayward

Origin of Hayward, Wisconsin

Hayward, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society
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Named for Anthony Judson Hayward, a lumberman who located the site for building a saw-mill, around which the town grew.

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[Source: Sawyer Co. Record (Hayward), Aug. 28, 1841]