Said to be the only village in Wisconsin named for the Indians which has retained the name originally given. Means "the chief is come." Probably meaning pipe-stem (Pottawatomi). Okatci "something small."

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[Source: From the Oconomoc Enterprise, Aug. 3rd, 1961.Card file at the WHS library reference deskAlanson Skinner, in Milwaukee Public Museum Bulletin, v. 6 p. 399]