Little Chicago, Wisconsin

Little Chicago, Wisconsin
community
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Coordinates: 45°02′50″N 89°50′39″W / 45.04722°N 89.84417°W / 45.04722; -89.84417
Country	U.S.A.
state	Wisconsin
ZIP code	54448

Little Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located along the border of the towns of Hamburg and Berlin, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1][2][3]

History[]

The community was originally named Ziegler.^[4][5] In 1898, Ziegler had 60 people, a planing mill and a saw mill, one cheese factory; one hardware and one shoe store, and a Lutheran church. The United States Post Office delivered mail three times a week.^[4] In 1909, Ziegler had a post office.^[6]

The community reportedly got the name Little Chicago during the Prohibition era in the early 20th century, when a local tavern was dispensing illegal alcoholic beverages.^[7]

Notable people[]

• Robert Plisch, Wisconsin state legislator and farmer, lived in Ziegler.^[8]

Media[]

Little Chicago was the setting of Adam Rapp's novel Little Chicago.^{[citation needed]}

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Coordinates: 45°02′50″N 89°50′39″W / 45.04722°N 89.84417°W / 45.04722; -89.84417

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