Perkinstown, Wisconsin

Perkinstown is an unincorporated community located in the town of Grover, Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. Perkinstown is located on County Highway M in the Chequamegon National Forest, 10 miles (16 km) east-northeast of Gilman.[2]

Perkinstown, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Perkinstown, Wisconsin
Perkinstown, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45°12′15″N 90°36′53″W
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyTaylor
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1580118[1]

History

Logging began in the area around the 1860s.[3] The first homesteaders staked their claims nearby in 1882. In 1892 Shaws started a leather tannery in Perkinstown, using hemlock bark from the surrounding forests, and for a time dumping the waste sludge in Kathryn Lake. By 1893 the town had six saloons. In 1900 the tannery shut down. In 1933 the Perkinstown CCC Camp opened nearby, and helped build the Winter Sports Area, among other projects.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Perkinstown, Wisconsin
  2. Taylor County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
  3. Ruesch, Gordon (2011). Stephen Lars Kalmon (ed.). Our Home - Taylor County Wisconsin - A Topical History of our Roots. Taylor County History Project.
  4. Schultz, Mary. "History of the Township of Grover" (PDF). Town of Grover. Retrieved 2014-11-08.

Further reading
  • More details on history are in Mary Schultz's compilation, in the references above.


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