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Country	U.S.A.
state	Wisconsin
ZIP code	54448

Little Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located along the border of the towns of Hamburg and Berlin, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.

History

The community was originally named Ziegler. In 1898, Ziegler had 60 people, a planing mill and a saw mill, one cheese factory; one hardware and one shoe store, and a Lutheran church. The United States Post Office delivered mail three times a week. In 1909, Ziegler had a post office.

The community reportedly got the name Little Chicago during the Prohibition era in the early 20th century, when a local tavern was dispensing illegal alcoholic beverages.

Notable people

• Robert Plisch, Wisconsin state legislator and farmer, lived in Ziegler.

Media

Little Chicago was the setting of Adam Rapp's novel Little Chicago.