Johnson Creek, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Johnson Creek

Origin of Johnson Creek, Wisconsin

Johnson Creek, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

Had its inception when Timothy Johnson and Charles Goodhue made a claim upon land upon which the main part of the village is now located. Johnson Creek was known as Belleville as late as 1873, but always bore its present name as a post office.

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[Source: Ott, John Henry. History of Jefferson County, p. 243]