History of Lynn

The Town of Lynn was founded in 1856 when early settlers came to the area, including George Ure, Gottlieb Sternitzky and Samuel S. Weston. Logging was the prime occupation for many of the area's first families.

The town was bustling by 1909, when Lynn consisted of two creameries, a warehouse, feed mill, depot, saloon, blacksmith shop, grocery market, saloon, hotel, general store, post office, hardware drug and meat market, shoe shop, repair shop, and milliner. Also shown on historical maps were a doctor's office, town hall, and cheese factory (now known as Lynn Dairy).

The Town of Lynn was the site of several rural schools. And it had a railway station on the branch line of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad.

Today Lynn is an unincorporated town, as compared to 1890 when the population was 525.