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Little Chicago, Wisconsin
community
Little Chicago, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Little Chicago, Wisconsin
Little Chicago, Wisconsin
Location in Wisconsin
Little Chicago, Wisconsin is located in the United States
Little Chicago, Wisconsin
Little Chicago, Wisconsin
Location in the United States
Country U.S.A.
state Wisconsin
ZIP code
54448

Little Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located along the border of the towns of Hamburg and Berlin, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.

History

The community reportedly got its unusual name during the Prohibition Era in the early 20th century, when a local tavern was dispensing illegal alcoholic beverages.

Little Chicago was the setting of Adam Rapp's novel "Little Chicago".


Notable people

  • Robert Plisch, Wisconsin state legislator and farmer, lived in Ziegler.
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