Loddes Mill, Wisconsin

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Loddes Mill, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°15′50″N89°48′02″W / 43.26389°N 89.80056°W / 43.26389; -89.80056
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Sauk
Elevation
226 m (741 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID1581158 [1]

Loddes Mill is an unincorporated community in the Town of Prairie du Sac, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Prairie du Sac is a town in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,138 at the 2000 census. The Village of Prairie du Sac is located within the town. The unincorporated community of Loddes Mill is also located in the town.

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History

Before 1877, it was known as Sauk City Mills. It was the site of a now discontinued post office.

The site of the first dam in Sauk County, Loddes Mill was built on lower Honey Creek in 1841 by Robert Bryant for a saw mill. He later sold it to H.B. Staines, who installed a pair of 28-inch burr stones and a shaking belt. Staines sold later to Mix, who constructed a building with a pair of 30-inch burr stones. Wilson was the next proprietor, then J. R. Woodruff, and then the mill was sold to Henry Rowell.

The last mill, which is no longer standing, was built as a flour mill by Henry Rowell, and thus named Rowell's Mill. Rowell later partnered with Rufus Merrihew as Merrihew, Rowell & Co. It was a limestone building of 32 by 50 feet, and had four run of stone, along with a shed for feeding teams. In 1859, the flour from the mill took first place at the state fair. The mill was again sold in 1877 to Martin Lodde, who built a large frame building with three turbine wheels. The dam was purchased by Wisconsin Power and Light in 1932 and the frame mill was razed. The mill pond dam broke in the evening of August 6, 1935 in a county-wide cloudburst and was never rebuilt. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Loddes Mill, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. William H. Canfield. Outline Sketches of Sauk County . Baraboo, Wis.: A. N. Kellogg, 1861, p. 46.