Clarks Mills, Wisconsin

Clarks Mills, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Clarks Mills, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Clarks Mills, Wisconsin
Clarks Mills, Wisconsin
Clarks Mills, Wisconsin is located in the United States
Clarks Mills, Wisconsin
Clarks Mills, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°05′24″N 87°51′51″W / 44.09000°N 87.86417°W / 44.09000; -87.86417
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyManitowoc
Elevation
260 m (850 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code920
GNIS feature ID1563123[1]

Clarks Mills is an unincorporated community located in the town of Cato, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. Clarks Mills is on the Manitowoc River northeast of Valders. It is named for early settler Ira Clark, who along with Thomas Cunningham built a mill and bridge there in the 1840s.[2]

The community is home to St. Mary's Catholic Church and St. Mary-St. Michael Catholic School.

Notable people

  • Charles W. Sweeting, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman; lived in Clarks Mills; managed several cheese factories[3]

Images

  • Town of Cato town hall in Clarks Mills
    Town of Cato town hall in Clarks Mills
  • Looking north at Clarks Mills
    Looking north at Clarks Mills
  • The sign for Clarks Mills
    The sign for Clarks Mills

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarks Mills, Wisconsin
  2. ^ Callary, Edward (2016). Place names of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780299309640.
  3. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Charles W. Sweeting, pg. 584


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