Editing Sherry, Wisconsin

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The '''Town of Sherry''' is located in [[Wood County, Wisconsin|Wood County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The population of the town was 809 at the 2000 census. The  unincorporated community known as Sherry is located at the junction of County Highways N and F {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} west-southwest of [[Milladore, Wisconsin|Milladore]].,<ref>{{cite map | url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/wood.pdf | format=pdf | title=Wood County | publisher=[[Wisconsin Department of Transportation]] | accessdate=July 17, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516205953/http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/wood.pdf | archivedate=May 16, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> within the Town of Sherry.

==History==
In June 1851 the six mile (10&nbsp;km) square which later became the town of Sherry was [[Surveying|surveyed]] by crews working for the U.S. government. They found the [[Section (United States land surveying)|section corners]] with [[Gunter's chain|chain]] and [[Solar compass|compass]] and marked them.<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 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Field Notes for T24N R5E| url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=PLSS&twp=T024NR005E|work=Original Field Notes and Plat Maps, 1833-1866|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref> When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:
<blockquote>''This Township is heavily Timbered with [[Maple]] [[Oak]] [[Birch]] & [[Eastern white pine|Pine]] Maple Oak & Birch being the prevailing Kinds - along the Border(?) of Mill Creek there is some good scattering Pine - along the Border(?) of the small stream (?) almost invariably(?) find [[alder]] thickets caused by [[Beaver dam]]s. - the streams are fed by the swamp, and are subject to very sudden rise & fall - the soil is a dark loam is well adapted for the purpose of agriculture. the Surface is generally level & is covered with stone the stone being of a reddish color''<ref>{{cite web|last=Ellis|first=A.G. and Ellis, F.S.|title=Interior Field Notes (Oct. 1851)|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=article&byte=2784256&twp=T024NR005E|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref></blockquote>

In 1880 Henry Sherry and a partner named Briggs started a [[sawmill]] on Mill Creek, with a company store, which attracted workers and grew into a community. With various partners, Sherry continued running the sawmill and added a [[planing mill]] and a factory that made [[Stave (wood)|barrel staves]]. The community also had a [[blacksmith]] in those early years.<ref name=Jones>{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=George O.|last2=McVean|first2=Norman S.|title=History of Wood County, Wisconsin|date=1923|publisher=H.C. Cooper Jr & Co.|location=Minneapolis-Winona|pages=269-270|url=https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/38716|access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> Sherry's first school was started in 1881.<ref name=our_hx>{{cite web|title=Our History|url=https://townofsherry.com/our-history|publisher=Town of Sherry|access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> A post office called Sherry was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1968.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Wood | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref>

[[Image:HenrySherryHouseNeenahWisconsin.jpg|thumb|Henry Sherry's house in Neenah]]
Henry Sherry was not a local, but instead lived in [[Neenah, Wisconsin|Neenah]]. He was a flour miller's son who operated a sawmill there and ended up owning many sawmills in the 1880s along with the one in Sherry: [[Oshkosh, Wisconsin|Oshkosh]], [[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin|Fond du Lac]], [[Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin|Centralia]], [[Auburndale, Wisconsin|Auburndale]], [[Milladore, Wisconsin|Milladore]], [[Vesper, Wisconsin|Vesper]], [[Marshfield, Wisconsin|Marshfield]], [[Aniwa, Wisconsin|Aniwa]], Kent, Mineral Lake, and [[Park Falls, Wisconsin|Park Falls]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=99001607}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Henry Sherry House / Hugh Strange House|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Peter J. Adams |date=December 20, 1997 |accessdate=April 9, 2018}}</ref>

The town (6x6 miles) of Sherry was established in 1885, taking its name from the community located within its borders.<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=77}}</ref>

The unincorporated community known as Sherry was [[plat]]ted in 1899.<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=76}}</ref><ref name=our_hx/>

Sherry's [[Presbyterian]] congregation formed around 1900 and built its brick church in 1903. The [[German Americans|German]] [[Lutherans]] built their church one year later.<ref name=Jones/> In 1906 some Presbyterians started the Northwest Collegiate Institute, a Christian secondary school, on a 500-acre farm along Mill Creek. The students could work on the farm to pay their tuition. This school ran until 1921.<ref name=our_hx/>

As of 1923, the village included two [[general stores]], a hotel, a garage, a cheese factory, and a real estate office. A stage ran from Sherry village two miles to the railroad station at [[Blenker, Wisconsin|Blenker]] twice a day.<ref name=Jones/>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 35.4&nbsp;square miles (91.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 35.3&nbsp;square miles (91.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it is land and 0.1&nbsp;square miles (0.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it (0.34%) is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 809 people, 270 households, and 217 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 22.9 people per square mile (8.9/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 280 housing units at an average density of 7.9 per square mile (3.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 96.79% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.25% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.36% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.49% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.11% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.99% of the population.

There were 270 households, out of which 44.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.3% were non-families. 14.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.36.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $52,143, and the median income for a family was $53,036. Males had a median income of $33,250 versus $25,341 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $17,728. About 1.8% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 2.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==

* [[Herman Finger]], entrepreneurial lumberman who worked for the [[Sherry Lumber Company]]
* [[Jacob J. Iverson]], farmer, politician, and businessman, lived in the town<ref>'J.J. Iverson of Sherry Passes On,' '''Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune,''' March 27, 1923, pg. 6</ref>
* Henry Sherry, the namesake of the town, and the owner of [[Henry Sherry House]] in Neenah and the Sherry Lumber Company

==References==
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==External links==
* Plat maps: [http://images.library.wisc.edu/awareImageServer/SurveyNotesImageNav.jsp?collection=SurveyNotes&resource=PlatMaps/TN24/reference/002405EA.jp2 1852] [http://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,438 1896] [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&entity=WI.AtlasWood09.p0022&id=WI.AtlasWood09&isize=XL 1909] [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&entity=WI.AtlasWood28.p0021&id=WI.AtlasWood28&isize=XL 1928] [http://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,8195 1956]

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