Pershing, Wisconsin
town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States
Pershing is a town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 201 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Donald is within its boundaries.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.8 km2), of which 35.7 square miles (92.4 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km2) (0.45%) is water.
The water consists mostly of man-made flowages in the Pershing Wildlife Area, and the Fisher River, which crosses Pershing from east to west.
History
The six mile square that would become Pershing was first surveyed in 1847 by a crew working for the U.S. government. Then in 1854 another crew marked all the section corners in the township, walking through the woods and slogging through the swamps on foot, measuring with chain and compass. When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:
This Township contains several swamps and one in the SE corner of considerable extent. They are all unfit for cultivation. The meadow and Alder bottoms are all subject to be overflowed to a depth of 1 to 2 feet and are good for Hay.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Pershing, Wisconsin” as town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1886442. Authority coordinates are 45.250, -90.882. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1847 and 1854.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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