Lincoln County [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Lincoln County [origin of place name]

Lincoln County [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society
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named in honor of President Abraham Lincoln - Gannett, Place Names, p. 161.

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[Source: Kellogg, Louise Phelps. "Derivation of County Names" in Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for 1909, pages 219-231.]