Pittsville A city in secs 27 and 34, Wood Township, on state highway 80 along the Yellow R. the original settlement was calales Pitts' Mill after the lumber mill of Oliver W Pitts, who came to Wood Co with his family in about 1856. The original plat of the city, surveyed by H W Remington was certified on March 31,1883 and was recorded on July 12,1883. It was taken out by Geroge Hiles and Lawrence Ward, acting as the firm of Hiles and Ward. This plat was abandoned by order of the city's common council in 1887 and the city was resurveyed by Edward Sargent, the new plat being recorded on Oct 24,1887. ON this plat, "original village" indicated the part of the city surveyed by Remington, while "Annex to Pittsville" is that part surveyed by Sargent but not in the Remington Plat. during the limbering period of the 1880's, Pittsville had, at some seasons of the year, from 1,100 to 1,500 residents, most of them probably men working at the mills or at nearby lumber camps. By the turn of the century the population had dropped to 635, and it has remained at about the same level ever since. In 1967 the official sign along state highway 80 announcing the name of the city listed the population at 661. Pittsville Junction A junction point on the Wisconsin, Pittsville, and Superior Ry (later the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul RR) in N sec 2, Dexter Township, 1.6 miles S of Pittsville. At this point the railroad branched NW to Pittsville and NE to Hansen, Vesper and Arpin. At one time there were town Pittsville junctions; Pittsville Jct North for trains between Arpin and Pittsville; Pittsville Jct South for trains between Babcock and Arpin. The junction point was also called Vesper Jct in Ogle 1909. It ceased to exist in 1918 when the line from this point to Arpin was discontinued. Named for nearby Pittsville. Pittsville PO Wood PO was changed to Pittsville PO on Jan 15, 1875. On Gayn. 1878 the pO is located in NE sec 34, Wood Township, at PIttsville, Ultimately named for Oliver W Pitts. Plank Hill A hill in NW sec 28, T21N, R5E (Port Edwards Township). It is so called because planks were at one time embedded in the road up the hill to aid in making the ascent. Plank Hill School A school (no 2) on Plank Hill in NW sec 28,T21N,R5E (Port Edwards Township) on co trunk JJ, N of its intersection with co trunk AA.6