Pulcifer is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Green Valley, Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. Pulcifer is located on the Oconto River and Wisconsin Highway 22 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Cecil. As of the 2010 census, its population is 134.[2]
History
The community was named after Daniel H. Pulcifer (1834–1896), who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and also served as mayor of Shawano, Wisconsin.[3]
Notable people
- Otto A. Risum, Wisconsin State Assemblyman, farmer, and merchant, lived in Pulcifer; Risum served as chairman of the Green Valley Town Board.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pulcifer, Wisconsin
- ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
- ^ "D. H. Pulcifer Dead". The Weekly Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI. January 25, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved August 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897.' Biographical Sketch of Otto A. Risum, pg. 695
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