Auburndale An incorporated village in the contiguouse parts of secs 21,22,23,27, and 28, Auburndale Township, along US highway 10 and the Soo Line. The site was first settles by John and Robert Connor in 1871. There are conflicting views about the origin of the name. Jones maintains that the Connors named the village which they had laid out. However, another view is that the village was named for the rialroad station which in turn was named after Auburndale, Mass. Certain facts support the latter view. The names of several Wisconsin communities along the Soo Line correspond with na;mes of communities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, viz, Dorchester, Medford, Charlestown, Worcester,and Marshfield. Elijah B Phillips and Charles L Colby of the company which laid the Wiconsin Central RR line through Wood Co were from Boston. And the completion of the line from Stevens Point through Marshfield ws accomplished in 1872, town years before John Connor established the Aurburndale PO. The village was platted by the Phillips and Colby Construction Co. the plat was surveyed in Feb, 1877, and was recorded on March 16, 1877. Robert Connor purchased "block numbered one of the village of Auburndale" from the Wisconsin Central RR on April 29, 1881. Auburndale PO A PO established on June 18, 1874, with John Connor as postmaster, and located in SW sec 23, Auburndale Township. Apparently named for Auburndale. Auburndale Township A township first oraganized in 1874, and in 1882 reduced to its present area of T25N, R4E. Named for the village of Auburndale.