Warner is a town in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 635. Hemlock, now a ghost town in Warner, was once a little mill town that grew around a dam below the confluence of the Black and Popple rivers.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.0 square miles (90.6 km2), of which 34.9 square miles (90.3 km2) are land and 0.1 square mile (0.3 km2) (0.37%) is water.
History
The six mile square that would become Warner was first surveyed in June 1847 by a crew working for the U.S. government. Then in November 1847 another crew marked all the section corners in the township, walking through the woods and swamps, measuring with chain and compass. When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:
This township is low gently rolling Soil about Second rate and heavy timbered with W. Pine Sugar Lyn Elm Birch (?) under growth Prickly Ash(?) then Gooseberry (?) along the Streams (?) (?) part of the township there is Considerable good Pine. Black River runs through this township from North to South Swift water and like a torrent rough(?) rocky channel and numerous Mill sites on it. Considering every thing this township will Soon be Settled with a heavy population. Plenty of good routes(?) through(?) the(?) township(?).