BlockIola Village
The complete chapter on this town from History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890. 111 words, covering 1 settlement. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
1 sectionThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
1 settlementWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this town: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iola | 89 | 32 | 1 | - |
Settlements in this township
1 placeEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. It is not named in the chapter: it was founded later or was never more than a post office.
The chapter
111 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
Iola Village
The Village of lola is located in Section 35. It has 5 general stores, 1 hardware store, 1 drug store, 1 tailor shop, 1 meat market, 1 livery stable, 1 saw mill, 1 shingle mill, 1 grist mill, 2 blacksmith shops, 1 wagon shop, 1 hotel, and 1 barber shop.
In the Spring of 1883 the lola Messenger, a weekly newspaper, was started by J. M. Hatch, present Clerk of the Court. It was discontinued after two years.
The Town of lola formerly embraced Township 25 north. Range 11 east; but the County Board, at its annual meeting in November, 1890, made that township an independent town to be called Harrison.
Provenance
Text from History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.