Edgerton, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Edgerton

Origin of Edgerton, Wisconsin

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

Probably in honor of E.W. Edgerton, an early Wisconsin settler; named after a surveyor for the Milwaukee and Waukesha railroad.

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[Source: Card file at the WHS Library reference desk; p.39 of "Know Rock County."]