In honor of John S. Pardee, the founder of the town. In the fall of 1848, John S. Pardee, then merchandising in Milwaukee, sent out to Mr. Reuben Stedman to build a store in this neighborhood. This was the beginning of Pardeeville.

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[Source: History of Columbia County, p. 871]