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Sligo [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Sligo [origin of place name]

Sligo [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society
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An early Irish settlement in Winfield, named for Sligo in Ireland.

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[Source: Cole. Baraboo and Other Place Names in Sauk County, Wisconsin, p. 41.]