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Little Chicago, Wisconsin
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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.

History

The community was originally named Ziegler. 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. In 1909, Ziegler had a post office.

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.

Notable people

• Robert Plisch, Wisconsin state legislator and farmer, lived in Ziegler.

Media

Little Chicago was the setting of Adam Rapp's novel Little Chicago.

References

1. "Little Chicago, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Little Chicago Populated Place Profile / Marathon County, Wisconsin Data".
3. "Township 30 North. Range 5 East" (Map). Plat Book of Marathon County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Northwestern Publishing Co. 1901.
4. ^ Lura J. Turner, Joseph M. Turner, Paul S. Reinsch: L.J. Turner and J.M. Turner (1898). Turner's Hand Book and Gazetter of Wisconsin. Burlington, Wisconsin. p. 266.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. Marchetti, Louis (1913). History of Marathon County, Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, part 2. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.
6. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' pg. 630
7. "Small Communities". www.pchswi.org. Archived from the original on July 29, 2002.
8. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1895,' Biographical Sketch of Robert Plisch, pg. 684

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Wausau
Cities	Abbotsford‡ Colby‡ Marshfield‡ Mosinee Schofield Wausau
Villages	Athens Birnamwood‡ Brokaw Dorchester‡ Edgar Elderon Fenwood Hatley Kronenwetter Maine Marathon City Rib Mountain Rothschild Spencer Stratford Unity‡ Weston
Towns	Bergen Berlin Bern Bevent Brighton Cassel Cleveland Day Easton Eau Pleine Elderon Emmet Frankfort Franzen Green Valley Guenther Halsey Hamburg Harrison Hewitt Holton Hull Johnson Knowlton Marathon McMillan Mosinee Norrie Plover Reid Rib Falls Rietbrock Ringle Spencer Stettin Texas Wausau Weston Wien
CDPs	Knowlton Rib Mountain
Unincorporated communities	Ashley Bevent Bradley Cherokee Corinth Dancy Emmerich Gad‡ Galloway Glandon Granite Heights Halder Hogarty Holt Ingersoll Johnson Kalinke Little Chicago Little Eau Claire Little Rose Mann McMillan Milan Moon Mount View Naugart Norrie Nutterville Pike Lake Poniatowski Rangeline Rib Falls Ringle Rocky Corners Rozellville Schnappsville Shantytown Snell Sunset Swan Taegesville Weber Wien Wuertsburg
Ghost towns/ neighborhoods	Callon March Rapids Staadts Stettin Ziegler
Indian reservation	Ho-Chunk Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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