At the time the village applied to the government for a post office, the name was changed from Prairie du Lac to Milton, after a town in Pennslyvania.An early name for Milton, Wisconsin, was "Praire du Lac," the "lac" referring to Lake Koshkonong.

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[Source: p. 53 of "Know Rock County"C.E. Braun]