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Gilman / ˈ ɡ ɪ l m ən / GHIL-mən) [1] is a town in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 772 as of the 2000 census. The population was 772 as of the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Olivet and Viking are partially located in the town.
For a more detailed discussion, see Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town. Frequently a village or city may have the same name as a town. As of 2006, Wisconsin had 1,260 towns, some with the same name. This list of towns and their respective counties is current as of 2002, per the Wisconsin Department of Administration.
Gilman was incorporated as a village in 1914. In 1915 three gas lights lit the streets at night - the only street lights between Owen and Ladysmith at the time. That same year the Catholic Church was organized. Other denominations followed shortly. A high school started in 1917. A fire destroyed much of Gilman's business district in 1922, but ...
In 1902 and 1903 the Stanley, Merrill and Phillips Railway built its road up the east side of what would become Aurora, creating a station at Gilman. Around 1905 the J.S. Owen Company built a line for the Wisconsin Central heading northwest across the town for Ladysmith and Superior - now the Canadian National. [11]
Taylor County map from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Old county maps: 1873 1880 1888 1900 1900 1911 1913 Tannery - Loretta Kuse's page on early tanneries in Taylor County, with old photos
Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,212. [2] Its county seat is Ellsworth. [3] Pierce County is part of the Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Charles W. Gilman (1862–1938), Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer, was born in the town [9] Franklin Gilman (1825–1880), Wisconsin State Representative and farmer, lived in the town [ 10 ] Elmer A. Kenyon (1870–1922), Wisconsin State Representative, farmer, and businessman, was born in the town [ 11 ]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.8 km 2), of which 35.7 square miles (92.4 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km 2) (0.45%) is water. The water consists mostly of man-made flowages in the Pershing Wildlife Area, and the Fisher River, which crosses Pershing from east to west.