Lindsey, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

44°33′21″N 90°18′00″W / 44.55583°N 90.30000°W / 44.55583; -90.30000Country

United StatesState

WisconsinCountyWoodElevation

353 m (1,158 ft)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)715 & 534GNIS feature ID1568143^[1]

Lindsey is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. Lindsey is located at the junction of County Highways V and N 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Marshfield.^[2]

History

Lindsey was originally part of the vague region called Nasonville since the brothers Solomon L. and William G. Nason had settled at a site about eleven miles southwest of Marshfield in the Spring of 1855. The Nasons were from Cumberland County, Maine. They settled permanently in what would later be termed Nasonville proper in September 1856, buying land in Section 5, Town 24 N, Range 2 E (Rock Township), and also buying several adjoining sections. Solomon later donated a portion of this land, on which Lindsey would be erected.^[3]

Lindsey was first platted in 1891, and named after F. D. Lindsey, a businessperson in the local lumber industry.^[4]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lindsey, Wisconsin
^ Wood County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (pdf) on May 16, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
^ Jones, George O. et al "Nasonville" in History of Wood County, Wisconsin Minneapolis-Winona, Wisconsin: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1923; pp. 275, 276
^ Rudolph, Robert S. (1970). Wood County Place Names (PDF). The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 44.