Editing Lincoln, Wood County, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The six mile square that would become Lincoln was first [[Surveying|surveyed]] in the summer of 1851 by a crew working for the U.S. government. In November and December 1853 another crew marked its [[Section (United States land surveying)|section corners]], walking through the woods and wading the streams, measuring with [[Gunter's chain|chain]] and [[Solar compass|compass]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Land Survey Information|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SurveyNotes/SurveyInfo.html|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=March 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Field Notes for T25N R2W|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=PLSS&twp=T025NR002E|work=Original Field Notes and Plat Maps, 1833-1866|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=May 1, 2013}}</ref> When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:

<blockquote>''This Township contains much good land and is clear from swamp The greater part of it is Rolling and good 2d Rate land. It is well watered and some of the streams are of sufficient size for Milling purposes The streams are all lined with good [[Eastern white pine|W P(?)]] which is the prevailing Timber. The upland is mostly [[Acer saccharum|Sugar]] & [[Tilia americana|Lind]].''<ref>{{cite web|last=Wright|first=O. J.|title=Interior Field Notes (Nov. 1853-Dec. 1853)|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=article&byte=1776050&twp=T025NR002E|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=2013-05-01}}</ref></blockquote>

Lincoln Township was originally called "Johnson Township", and under the latter name was established in March 1868. A few months later, in June 1868, the township was renamed, after President [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/files/docs/placenames.pdf | title=Wood County Place Names | publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press | author=Rudolph, Robert S. | year=1970 | pages=44}}</ref>