Named after B. Schleisinger Weil, who founded the village in 1845-46.

Description from John W. Hunt's 1853 Wisconsin Gazetteer: "SCHLEISINGERVILLE, P. V., in town of Polk, on section 18, in Washington county, 25 miles west from Ozaukee, and easterly from Madison 80 miles. It derives its name in honor of Hon. B. Schleisinger Weil, State senator from the fourth district, whose residence is near this place, and who laid it out in 1845. Population, 125; with 25 dwellings, 3 stores, 3 hotels, 1 mechanical shop, 1 tannery, and 1 church edifice. It is on the Milwaukee and Fond du Lac road, possessing a healthy climate and good soil of farming lands."

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[Source: History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, p. 426]