Spread Eagle (Florence County, WI)

T39N R19E S3 NW
[WI DNR]

W.H. Stennett. A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha Railways including States, Counties, Towns, Villages and Stations. Chicago: C&WN, CSTPM&O Railways, 1908. 112, 126.

According to Stennett, the town "was named from a nearby lake, which was so named because of its fancied resemblance to an eagle with its wings widely spread."