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Preble

Origin of Preble, Wisconsin

Preble, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

Settled as early as 1836 by Peter Faenger and other German colonists... was set off in 1859, and it is said was named in honor of Admiral Preble.

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[Source: Martin. History of Brown County, Wisconsin. p. 324.]