Editing Wood, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
In the summer of 1851 a crew working for the U.S. government [[Surveying|surveyed]] the outline of the six mile square that would become Wood. That November another crew marked all the [[Section (United States land surveying)|section corners]], 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 T23N R3E|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=PLSS&twp=T023NR003E|work=Original Field Notes and Plat Maps, 1833–1866|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=May 8, 2013}}</ref> When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:
<blockquote>''There is very little good land in this Township  it may be considered as 2d rate the timber is generall good except the [[Eastern white pine|Pine]] although there is some good Pine along the Banks of [[Yellow River (Wisconsin River)|Yellow River]] mixed in with hard timber the surface is generall level & somewhat stony particularly near(?) Yellow River which passes over almost entirely a Bed of Rocks the stone are a Reddish [[sandstone]] the timber is of various Kinds, such as [[Betula alleghaniensis|Birch]] Pine [[Maple]] [[Tilia americana|Linn]] [[Elm]] [[Larix laricina|Tamarack]] etc(?) the small streams are fed by the swamp and are not durable the [[Sawmill|Saw Mills]] under process of Erection are probably worth $500 each''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ellis|first=Albert G.|title=Interior Field Notes (Nov. 1851 – Dec. 1851)|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=article&byte=2082227&twp=T023NR003E|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=2013-05-12|author2=Ellis, Frederick S. }}</ref></blockquote>

The town of Wood was larger when it was formed in 1874, but the town of Cary was split off in 1901. The town was then called the town of New Wood for a few months until the name was changed back.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://townofwood.com/|title=Town History,Town of Wood, Wood County, Wisconsin|website=townofwood.com|access-date=March 27, 2023}}</ref>