Town of Stockton
Home Feedback Search 
 

Town Board
Committees
Services
Projects
Issues
Town History
About Us
Links

Welcome to the Town of Stockton website! 

CONSTRUCTION TO START ON CTY B AND CTY J INTERSECTION on July 26, 2010. Cty B will be open to traffic throughout the project with lane restrictions and daytime flagging.  Cty J will be closed to traffic throughout the project. Project is scheduled for completion by Sept. 21, 2010.

*****************************************************************************************************************************

To: Property Owners along County K

RE: Final Paving along County K for Hwy 10 to County I in the Town of Stockton

The Portage County Hwy Dept. will complete the reconstruction of Cty. K for Hwy 10 to Cty. I in the Town of Stockton beginning Monday July 26th, 2010 at 6:00 am.  Work will consist of placing the final lift of asphalt pavement.

Cty K will be closed to thru traffic during the construction and we ask you to use alternate routes. Local access will be maintained to residences located within the project limits, however do expect for some slight delays while equipment is working in your area.

This work is subject to favorable weather conditions and is expected to be complete by Thursday August 12, 2010.

If you have any questions regarding this project fee free to contact me Ken Gliczinski, Portage County Patrol Superintendent 715-345-5355.

     

FIREWOOD RESTRICTIONS:

 Information on the firewood restrictions in Wisconsin (regarding EAB, Oak Wilt, Beech bark disease and others) and at Wisconsin DNR managed properties, or would like  a 4 - 5 minute recorded message addressing current regulations, try the Toll Free number, here you go, 1-877-303-WOOD (9663)

Don Kissinger, DNR


[1]

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 6:30PM at the Town of Stockton, 7252 6th Street Town Hall, a
PUBLIC HEARING on the PROPOSED 2008 BUDGET of the Town of Stockton will be held.  The proposed budget in detail is available for inspection at the Town Clerk's office, Stockton Town Hall, 7252 6th Street from 9:30am to 12:30pm on Monday thru Friday, the following is a summary of the proposed 2008 budget.
 
[2]

Notice of SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF THE ELECTORS
of the Town of Stockton, Portage County.

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, November 15, 2007, immediately following the Public Hearing on the proposed 2008 budget, a Special Meeting of the Electors, called pursuant to Section 60.12(1)(c) of the Wis. State Statutes by the Town Board for the following purposes will be held:
*To adopt the 2007 tax levy to be paid in 2008, pursuant to Section 60.10(1)(a) of the WI. State Statutes.
 Immediately following the completion of the Special Town Meeting of Electors, a
Town Board Meeting will be held for the following purposes:
 * For the Town Board to discuss and adopt the year 2008 budget for the Town of Stockton
to be posted at the following three locations in the Town:  Arnott Recreation Center,
Bulletin Board at 7252 6th St. Town Hall and just south of the Custer Post Office.
                                                                    Dated this 1st day of November, 2007
                                                                    Marie Helminiak, Town of Stockton Clerk






 

Town of Stockton Anniversary Booklet for sale for $14.95. Send a check to the Town of Stockton, PO Box 106, Custer  WI  54423 and it will be mailed to you.  Or pick one up at the Town Hall at 7252 6th Street.

 Questions or comments, forward to the email address below.

 

stockton@msworldnet.com

When: 8/4/2010 from 7:00 PM til Finished Event: Plan Commission meeting.
Place: 7252 6th St. Town Hall
When: 8/9/2010 from 7:00 PM til Finished Event: Town Board Meeting
Place: 7252 6th Street Town Hall
When: 8/23/2010 from 7:00 PM til Finished Event: Town Board Meeting
Place: 7252 6th Street Town Hall

 

A little history…..

 

It is on the Portage County Historical Society Website one can read about the survey of Portage County that was made in 1851 and 1852. Two teams of men made the survey, one team coming from the East and one from the West. They did not meet where they should have. It was neither possible to start the survey again or to change the number of sections in a congressional township. This resulted in the larger Sections near the center of the County and Stockton’s West boundary.

Stockton began a little more than one hundred and forty seven years ago. In the book “Our County Our Story”, Malcolm Rosholt includes a brief section addressing The Township of Stockton. He writes, “Stockton, earlier a part of the town of Plover, was organized in 1855 as one Township of 36 sections (T.23, R.9) and was ordered to hold its first meeting on Monday, May 28 at the house of John Shannon.” This task fell on the shoulders of town resident Oliver H. Lamoreux, elected Clerk of that very first meeting.

The minutes of that meeting state, “The whole number of votes polled was fifty-six for the office of chairman of the board of supervisors of which O. H. Lamoreux received fifty-six votes.” (Source-Town History Files-UWSP)

Oliver H. Lamoreux was born at Clockville, town of Lenox, Madison Co., New York on April 22, 1824. His parents were William Oliver and Harriet (Barnard) Lamoreaux. He was the second born of ten children.

On February 28, 1848 he married Elizabeth C. Hall in Clockville, New York. Through the years they had five children. (Source-Internet)

In 1849 he came to Wisconsin, and shortly after returned to the east. October 22, 1851, he again came west, and settled in this county. He was admitted to the bar in the state of New York in 1851 and to practice in the supreme court of Wisconsin in 1858.

He was chairman of Stockton when that town was organized, also justice of the peace. He resided in the town of Stockton until January 1859 when he moved to Plover where he was in practice. He was appointed to the office of district attorney of Portage County and was afterwards three times elected to the office and was special agent for the Winnebagos, Pottawotomies and stray Indians for four years. He also served as deputy U.S. Marshall in 1861. In 1871 he was elected to the Assembly. He divided his time between the practice of his profession and farming, being successful in both. He died in May of 1891 and is buried in the Plover Cemetery. (Source-Stevens Point Journal May 23, 1891)

Rosholt, Portage County’s local Historian, also writes, “Effective April 1, 1870 the south one half of Town 24, Range 9, was detached from Sharon and attached to Stockton. Five years later Amherst annexed six sections from the east boundary of Stockton.” Struggles continued until 1898 to restore Stockton to its original boundaries. All efforts failed.

*
Sue Stremkowski

(Requires Acrobat Reader - Click Here to Download)

Send mail to Web Master with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyright © 2002-2010 Town of Stockton
Last modified: 07/23/10