Welcome to Radisson ...
Although we found mention of Radisson during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Radisson was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
While we are confident that Radisson was located in Columbia County, we don't know its actual location within the county.
We've added Radisson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Radisson - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Radisson, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Radisson might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Radisson ...
Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Radisson: This one is located in Columbia County and the other is located in Sawyer County.
Beyond Wisconsin, there are 5 communities that are also named Radisson - they are located in Quebec (3) and Saskatchewan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Radisson.
Adding Radisson to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
Our notes show that the earliest dated mention that we've found for Radisson was in the Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details about the above, see References and Mentions for Radisson on our Genealogy Page.
Other Roadside Stops ...
Visit our Community Index for Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Columbia County: www.co.columbia.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Radisson and then turned east". While Radisson could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Radisson as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Radisson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |