Mullet River, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Mullet River, Sheboygan Co.

Origin of the Mullet River

Mullet River, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

River named John Mullett, one of the government surveyors. Named by Mullett himself.

From Increase Lapham's 1844 Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin:

"MULLET RIVER, is a considerable branch of the Sheboygan, entering on the south side, one mile above the Falls, and ONION RIVER enters immediately at the Falls."

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[Source: Historic Sheboygan County, p. 338.]