Talk:Marshfield, Wisconsin

Settlement date question

The history section previously stated: Marshfield was settled in 1868, quoting the Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. Jones' 1923 History of Wood County agrees that the Rivers arrived in 1868, but the 1997 The Marshfield Story 1872 - 1997 clearly contradicts, stating 1872. The newer source was apparently written by Jeff Kleiman, a local history professor, and reviewed by other local historians, so I'm inclined to favor it, though I don't know the evidence for the later date. Jeff the quiet (talk) 19:40, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Trim Notable People section?

There are several people on the "Notable People" section who should probably be removed. Several of them may have been born at the hospital in Marshfield but grew up in Stratford, Auburndale, Pittsville, etc. Is someone who grew up and lived 20 miles from Marshfield really a notable person from Marshfield? Seems to be a stretch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.233.94.241 (talk) 16:58, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Typographic error in Climate table

The units for precipitation are reversed. Also the value for

	Precip (in)	Min Tmp (°F)	Avg Tmp (°F)	Max Tmp (°F)

January 0.63 February 0.10 March 1.02 April 2.23 May 2.79 June 4.00 July 3.71 August 4.28 September 3.24 October 1.87 November 1.48 December 0.58

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.60.15.211 (talk) 14:19, 1 January 2014‎

If you see an error, by all means, fix it! 205.185.143.70 (talk) 01:55, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Ethnic Origins

I'm removing the claim that Marshfield's population around 1885 was all of New England origin. No source was cited, and the 1880 census lists people born in Bavaria, Prussia, Germany, France, etc. along with people born in the U.S. Jeff the quiet (talk) 14:26, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

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Removed dated, cherry-picked education rankings

I removed the reference to the 2014 school rankings data. This appears to be cherry-picked, from the peak of MHS's school ratings, and recent data is much less flattering. Either the most up-to-date, fully-inclusive data should be used or the ranking information should be excluded. I opted for the latter as their are known deficiencies / biases in these metrics.E8 (talk) 17:47, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Marshfield's County Divide

A resourceful Wikipedian could provide more detail (map and or text) describing how the county line passes through Marshfield. For example, I wanted to add the location of the Marshfield News-Herald as a source in my genealogy, but the software uses a city/county/state/country format and I didn't know which county that might be. The Wikipedia state map shows Marshfield as being mostly in the lower of two unlabeled counties, so it took additional research to sort out that Wood County was the likely candidate. Just a suggestion. Pnoble805 (talk) 18:15, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi, @Pnoble805. I've added the county breakdown to the geography section. FYI, I'm 99.9% certain that the News-Herald's office has always been in the Wood-County part of the city. --Jeff the quiet (talk) 22:44, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into this. Much appreciated. Pnoble805 (talk) 02:36, 21 December 2025 (UTC)