Editing Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The six mile square that would become the town of  Rock was first [[Surveying|surveyed]] in the summer of 1851 by a crew working for the U.S. government. That fall another crew marked all the [[Section (United States land surveying)|section corners]] of the [[survey township|six mile squares]], walking through the woods and wading the swamps, 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 T24N R2E|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=PLSS&twp=T024NR002E|work=Original Field Notes and Plat Maps, 1833-1866|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}</ref> When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:
<blockquote>''The general character of this Township is 2d & 3d rate the soil is mostly poor loam & sand, the timber is mostly [[Betula alleghaniensis|Birch]] [[Oak]] [[Populus tremuloides|Aspen]] [[Larix laricina|TamaracK]] & [[Eastern white pine|Pine]] the Pine is 2d growth & very poor. It is subject to fires(?) and If attended to would eventually alter the kinds of Timber to Oak as in places It can be distinctly seen where the fire has been the most severe. The streams are not durable being fed by the swamps the surface is generally level & somewhat stony  The stone being a sandstone of a reddish color.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Ellis|first=Albert G.|title=Interior Field Notes (Oct. 1851-Nov. 1851)|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=article&byte=1751367&twp=T024NR002E|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=2013-04-29|author2=Ellis, Frederick S. }}</ref></blockquote>

The Town of Rock was established in 1878.<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=70}}</ref>