Nelsonville

History

The community of Nelsonville began about 1855 when English immigrant Jerome Nelson built a six-foot-high dam spanning the Tomorrow River, with a sawmill across the river from where the flouring mill now stands. After Nelson returned from the Civil War he added the flouring mill in 1868. A post office was added in 1871, named Nelsonville for the mill owner. By 1876 two other businesses were there: the Nelson & Loberg general store, and Peterson Boots and Shoes. Other business started in subsequent years, and the Norwegian Lutheran church in 1888. By 1913 the community had grown to about 170 people and other businesses included Swenson's Furniture Store, Loberg Company Mill, Nelsonville Creamery, and the State Bank of Nelsonville. The other high priority was to stop the pasturing of stock on the streets of the village.

Geography

Nelsonville is located at (44.493067, -89.312358). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  7,690
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  7,237
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,164
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,115
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,318
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,192
• White-breasted Nuthatch

  Sitta carolinensis Latham, 1790 · Aves
  5,764
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  5,298