Population 400, with 75 dwellings, 5 stores, 2 hotels, 2 mills, several mechanical shops, a Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist denomination.

EAST TROY, Town, in county of Walworth, being town 4 N., of

range 13 E.; centrally located, 13 miles southeast from Elkhorn. The population in 1850 was 1,318. It has 7 school districts.

EAU PLAINE, P. V., on Wisconsin river, at Dubay's trading post at the mouth of Little O'Plaine, in northern part of Portage county.

EDEN, Town, in the county of Fond du Lac, being town 14 N., of range 18 E.; centrally located, 10 miles southeast from Fond du Lac. The population in 1850 was 840. It has 8 school districts.

EDEN, P. O., in same town, Fond du Lac county.

EIGHT MILE, Creek, rises in the town of Nekimi, Winnebago county, and runs westerly into the outlet of Rush lake.

ELBA, P. O., in town of same name, Dodge county.

ELBA, Town, in the county of Dodge, being town 10 N., of range

13 E.; centrally located, 12 miles southwest from Juneau. The population in 1850 was 1,548. It has 7 school districts. EL DORADO, Town, in the county of Fond du Lac, being town 16 N., of range 16 E.; centrally located, 7 miles northwest from Fond du Lac. The population in 1850 was 504.

EL DORADO, P. O., in town of same name, Fond du Lac county. ELK, P. O., in Bad Ax county.

ELK, River, a branch from the north, of Chippewa river, rises in town 26 N., of range 11 W.

ELKHART, Lake (Big), in the town of Rhine, Sheboygan county, on sections 29 and 30 of town 16 N., of range 21 E.

ELKHART, Lake (Little), on sections 33 and 34, of town 16, of range 21 E.

ELKHART, P. V., Sheboygan county, on section 31, in the town of Rhine, town 16 N., of range 21 east, 20 miles northwest from Sheboygan.

ELKHORN, P. V., and C. H., Walworth county, on section 36, town 3 N., of range 13 E., at the geographical centre of the county. It is in town of same name, 65 miles southeast from Madison. Population 250, with 60 dwellings, 4 stores, 2 hotels, steam mill, various mechanical shops, and 4 religious denominations. ELKHORN, Town, in county of Walworth, comprising section 1, town 2 N., of section 36 of town 3, range 16 E., and section 6, of town 2, and section 31 of town 3 N., of range 17 E. It is the county seat. The population is 600.

ELLENBORO', P. V., Grant county, on section 28, in the town of Highland, town 4 N., of range 2 W.; 7 miles southeast from Lancaster, and 95 miles southwest from Madison. It is located on Platte river, about half way between Platteville and Lancaster, on the mail route from Galena to the Upper Mississippi, and is in a good farming district, with excellent water power, with considerable vacant land, and unimproved hydraulic power. Population 51, 7 dwellings, 1 store, 1 hotel, 2 mills, and a blacksmith and carpenter's shop.

ELLENBORO', Town, (recently south half of Highland), in county of Grant, being town 4 N., of range 2 W.; centrally located 8 miles southeast from Lancaster.

ELLINGTON, P. V., in county of Outagamie, on section 20, of town 22 N., of range 16 E.; 13 miles northwest from Grand Chute, 130 miles northeast from Madison. It is located on the road from Green Bay (36 miles) to Plover Portage (70 miles). It is 28 miles from Oshkosh, and 35 miles from Lake Shawanaw. Population 150, with 35 dwellings, 2 mills, 2 hotels and several religious denominations.

ELLINGTON, Town, in county of Outagamie, being towns 23 and 24 N., of range 16 E.; centrally located, 20 miles northwest from Grand Chute. It has 3 school districts.

EMBARRASS, Town, in county of Waupacca, being towns 23, 24 and

25 N., of range 14 E.; centrally located, north from Mukwa. EMBARRASS, River, see Bad or Mannaise river of La Pointe county. EMERALD GROVE, P. V., in town of Bradford, Rock county. EMMET, P. O., in town of same name, Dodge county. EMMET, Town, in county of Dodge, being town 9 N., of range 15 E.; centrally located, 12 miles south from Juneau. The population in 1850 was 1,207. It has 7 school districts. EMPIRE, Town, in county of Fond du Lac, being town 15 N., range 18 E.; centrally located, 6 miles southeast from Fond du Lac. ENGLISH, Lake, a small lake in the northwest corner of town 18 N., of range 23 E.

ERIN, Town, in county of Washington, being town 9 N, of range 18 E.; centrally located, 26 miles southwest from Ozaukee. The population in 1850 was 849. It has 5 school districts. ERVANDIGO, River, a tributary, from the north, of St. Croix river, in La Pointe county.

EUREKA, P. V., in Winnebago county, on section 28, town 18 N., range 14 E., in town of Rushford, 16 miles west from Oshkosh, and 70 miles northeast from Madison. It is beautifully situated on the southern shore of Fox river, surrounded by a rich farming country, and possesses plenty of lime stone, sand, clay and timber, for building purposes. The settlement was first commenced in 1850. Population 70, with 14 dwellings, 2 stores, 1 hotel, 1 mill, and various mechanical shops. EVANSVILLE, P. V., on Allen's creek, section 27, town 4 N., range 10 E., in Rock county, 18 miles northwest from Janesville, and 23 miles southeast from Madison. It has a population of about 200 temperate and industrious people, with 25 dwellings, 2 stores, 1 hotel, 2 mills, 1 machine, 1 waggon, 1 shoe, and 1 blacksmith's shop; 1 meeting house, and two religious denominations, and a large and commodious school house. The Madison and Beloit railroad is located through this place.

EVERFLOWING, River, a tributary from the north of the St. Croix

river, in the western part of La Pointe county.

EXETER, P. V., Green county, on section 33 of town of same name, being town 4 N., of range 8 E., 16 miles northeast from Monroe, and 24 miles southwest from Madison. Population 105, with 22 dwellings, 2 stores, 2 hotels, and 6 religious denominations. The principal occupation of the inhabitants is mining.

EXETER, Town, in the county of Green, being town 4 N., of range 8; centrally located, 15 miles northeast from Monroe. The population in 1850 was 450. It has 6 school districts. FAIRFIELD, P. O., (Maxson's Mill), in town of Bradford, county of Rock, on section 13, town 2 N., of range 15 E. It is 14 miles southeast from connty seat, and 50 miles east of south from Madison. Population 100, 12 dwellings, 2 stores, 1 grist mill, and Presbyterian and Baptist denominations. It is on Turtle creek, 16 miles from Beloit, and on the county line between Rock and Walworth, 9 miles from the state line. The first settler was Joseph Maxson.

FAIRPLAY, P. V., in Grant county, on section 25, in the town of

Jamestown, town 1 N., of range 2 W., in a good mineral and farming district; 30 miles southeast from Lancaster, 12 miles northwest from Galena, 6 miles northeast from Dubuque, and 85 miles southwest from Madison. Population 800, with 110 dwellings, 2 stores, 2 hotels, 1 church and 3 religious denominations. A Roman Catholic college is located at this place.

FAIR PLAY, Diggings, on section 25, town 1 N., of range 1 W., in Grant county.

FAIRWATER, P. V., Fond du Lac county, on section 31, town 15

N., of range 14 E.; being in the town of Metomon, 22 miles west from Fond du Lac, and 65 miles northeast from Madison. It is situated on the road from Watertown to Ceresco and Berlin, in a fine and healthy section, of good farming

land, on the north branch of Grand river. It has two good water powers, one of which is improved by a fine flouring mill; the other is unimproved, with 28 feet head, and sufficient water for three run of stone. Population 40, 5 dwellings, 1 store, and 1 hotel.

FALLEN Rocks, on the Wisconsin, a few miles below Helena, in Iowa county, where the river has undermined the rocks about 200 feet long.

FALL RIVER, P. V., Columbia county, in the town of Fountain Prairie, on section 26, town 11 N., of range 12; 25 miles east of southeast from Portage City, and the same distance northeast from Madison. It has an excellent water power, with a fall of 16 feet, on which is a good saw and flouring mill, being the best hydraulic power in the vicinity. Population 175, with 35 dwellings, 3 stores, 1 hotel, 2 mills, 3 religious denominations, and a good school house.

FALLS OF ST. CROIX, P. V., and C. H., on St. Croix river, in town 34, Polk county.

FALLS OF ST. CROIX, Town, in county of Polk, comprising the same. FARMER'S GROVE, P. O., in town of York, Green county, being town 4 N., of range 6 E.

FARMERSVILLE, P. O., in Dodge county.

FARMINGTON, Town, in county of Washington, being township 12 N., of range 20 E.; centrally located, 15 miles northwest from Ozaukee. Population in 1850 was 504. It has 9 school districts. FARMINGTON, Town, in county of Jefferson, being town 7 N., of range 15 E.; centrally located, 8 miles northeast from Jefferson. The population is 900. It has 6 school districts. The surface is rolling, with heavy timber and good springs, and small streams of water. The soil on the high land is mostly a clay loam, in the vallies a black, vegetable and sandy loam, with subsoil of clay. The timber is mostly maple, basswood, oak, elm, walnut, and ash.