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    1. [WIWOOD] Wood Co Place Names
    2. Hewitt PO Thje original name, Kreuser PO, was changed to Hewitt Po on Oct 13.1883. Named for Hewitt Station. Hewitt Station (also Hewitts Sidetrack) A station on the Soo Line in sec 13, T25N,R3E(Marshfield township). Named after Henry Hewitt, Sr., a lumberman who had a sidetrack built at this point. The earliest possible date for the name is 1872 when the Philips and Colby Construction Co. finished laying the tracks of the Wisconsin Central RR from Stevens Point, Portage Co.,through this area. At various times the station has been called Section 28 or Achtundswanzig, Hewitts Sidetrack, Kreuser and Hewitts.

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