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Gordon (telegraph station)
Origin of Gordon, Wisconsin
The name of a telegraph station established between Reedsburg and LaValle when the Chicago and Northwestern built a second track. The origin of the name is unknown unless it is for Wiiliam W. Gordon, president of a railroad in Georgia.
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[Source: Cole - Baraboo and other place names in Sauk county, Wisconsin, p.28]