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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		How the Town of Phelps Got Its Name
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:00
	Publish Date:		2018-05-18 09:00:00
	Description:		Every Friday, we turn back the clock on Morning Edition with local historian Gary Entz to find out what life in the Northwoods used to be like. This is part of a new initiative by WXPR to tell the history and culture of northern Wisconsin. The place names given to towns and geographic regions are important to know because they inform us about our past, where we come from, and the foundations of our communities. While many older residents likely know a lot about the origins of local names, many younger residents may not. Let’s take the town of Phelps, for example. Situated at the headwaters of the Wisconsin River, geographically Phelps encompasses more than 90 square miles of land, which makes it only slightly smaller in area than Milwaukee to the south. However, population-wise Phelps had only 1200 residents as of the 2010 census, which is not far from its historical average. The only time Phelps was significantly larger in population was during the Great Depression of the 1930s when
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