Formerly known as Bridge Creek. When it was proposed to name it after the handsomest girl in town, the vote showed that "Augusta Rickard, a visitor from Oak Grove, Wisconsin," was the choice, and the village was named Augusta.

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[Source: Orelin L. Ricard in Augusta Union, Sept. 28, 1923.]