Slinger, Wisconsin

Slinger, Wisconsin, on November 19, 2001

The town now known as Slinger was founded in 1845 by Baruch Schleisinger Weil, an immigrant merchant who was born in Strasbourg, France on June 29, 1802, and settled here on November 1, 1845, buying two thousand acres of government land and platting the village of Schleisingerville, which was originally part of the town of Polk when the latter was organized on January 21, 1846. Schleisinger operated a general store and later a distillery before moving from the town around 1859-1860. The village of Schleisingerville was incorporated in 1869. Over time, people began to abbreviate the long name of Schleisingerville as Slinger, and on April 5, 1921, the residents of the town voted to officially change the name to Slinger and the name was officially change on May 3, 1921.

Slinger, Wisconsin, on November 19, 2001