BlockMilford Town
The complete chapter on this town from The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1879. 276 words, covering 4 settlements. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
2 sectionsThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
4 settlementsWhat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grellton | 14 | 6 | - | - |
| Hoopers Mill | 9 | - | 3 | - |
| Hubbleton | 20 | 9 | - | - |
| Milford | 9 | 3 | 1 | - |
Settlements in this township
4 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 2 of the 4 are named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
276 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1879. 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.
Milford Town
This section of Jefferson County, in point of agricultural wealth, is not unlike other loca ities already described. The Crawfish River passes through the town from north to .soutl entering from Dodge County, in Section 6, at a point where the post office of Hubbleton located. L. P. Drake and M. L. Bartlett were the first settlers in the town. The region aboi Hubbleton is wet and niarsshy, and was at one time a favorite resort for hunters from Milwaukci etc. At an early day, traders came from almost every quarter to barter with the Indians, wL had a large and important camp on the river. The old plank-road from Watertown to Waterlc passed through Hubbleton. A man named Campbell built a steam saw-mill years ago, whic furnished lumber to a large proportion of the population, until it was destroyed by fire. Mi Edwards, the Postmaster and storekeeper of the place, put up a small mill three or four yeai ago. Howell Brosi' stave-mill was at one time one of the institutions of the place. Hubbleto is the onlj' station between Watertown and Waterloo on the Madison Branch of the Chicagi Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
Milford Post Office
Situated on the Crawfish in Section 4, town of Milford. The first settlers were W. I: Lampier and Benjamin Nute, Sr., who built a saw-mill in 1840. Norman Pratt built a gris mill in 184o. N. S. Green & Son are the owners of the mill, which has been enlarged an improved till it is now one of the best in the county, having seven run of stones. The ol saw-mill has been torn away, having long since become useless.
Provenance
Text from The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1879, 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.