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Fischerville now Fisherville
The village of Fischerville by today's standards is much too small to be considered a village. It was never incorporated.
In the late 1890's, Fischerville was a little village consisting of a blacksmith shop and a cheese factory. The Fischer Farm was located slightly south of the cheese factory and blacksmith shop.
By the early 1900's, knowing he did not want to be a farmer, John Fischer, who grew up on the Fischer farm, went to Madison to a training school where he learned to be a cheese maker. He began his career making cheese at the cheese factory in the village. He didn't like cheese making so built the "saloon/store" across the street from the cheese factory. He named it Fischer's Saloon.
There was a large dance hall upstairs and a baseball diamond to the east of the saloon. John Fischer sold the saloon to Henry Hagenow, who ran it for a number of years before a fire destroyed it on October 26, 1923. The saloon was rebuilt and still stands today.
Fischerville was not given the name Fisherville until some years later. The story has been told that is because the name Fischerville was one too many letters long to fit on the street sign.
Fisherville's claim to fame is that it is located at the east end of the longest straightest road in Manitowoc County. Fisherville Road begins near Mishicot and extends west past the county line.
Submitted by LinksToThePast
Born and raised in Fischerville, Wisconsin
Population: varies depending on the way the wind blows.
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