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Cheese Factories & Dairies of Clark Co., WI Compiled by the Clark County, Wisconsin History Buffs
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| Business Name | Product & Notes | Owners/Managers | Location |
Time of Operation |
| A. M. Steinwand | A. M. Steinwand | Colby Twp. | ||
| Abbotsford Creamery/Olson Cheese | Purchased by Harry Olson in 1919, previous owner unkown | 1919-1946 | ||
| Acme Creamery Co. | Orlo Robinson | Weston | ||
| American Store Dairy | Employees | Morris Blodgett | 8th & Hewett in Neillsville, WI | 1940 |
| Atwood | Joseph Schuh | Rt. 1 Owen | ||
| Bachman's East Worden Cheese Factory | Rudolph Bachman, sold to the Blue Moon. | 6 miles south of Thorp | ||
| Banner | Harry Eide | Sec. 34, Fremont | ||
| Banner | H. E. Wordell | Granton | ||
| Banner | Charles A. Bulgrin | Rt. 2, Owen | ||
| Beatrice Cheese INC. | Marshfield & Dorchester, WI | 1988, 1991, 1994 | ||
| Beaver Cheese Factory | Jessie J. Spieles | 5 mi. northeast of Loyal, WI | ||
| Beaver Cheese Factory | John Joss | Beaver Townshiip | ||
| Big Four | Charles Devall | Beaver Township | ||
| Big Four | Richard M. Schmitz | Rt. 1, Unity | ||
| Black River Cheese Factory | Otto Brown | Rt. 2, Withee | ||
| Blodgett Cheese Factory | Note: #1, #2 | 1917 | ||
| Blue Moon Cheese Factory |
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| Blumenstein & Bornheimer | J. F. Tessmer | Colby Twp. | ||
| Boardman | Boardman Bros. | Rt. 2, Stanleey | ||
| Braun Settlement Cheese Factory | Note: #1, #2 (Photos) | Ted Braun, A. Liebzeit | Greenwood, Sec. 6, Warner Twp. | |
| Breezy Hill | O. W. Freimund | Rt. 3, Thorp | ||
| Breseman Cheese Factory/York Dairy | Packaged Rindless Cheddar | 1. A. P. Breseman; 2. John Mullins | Pelsdorf Rd. | |
| Bright Creamery | H. A. Bright | Green Grove | ||
| Bruckeville | Note: #1 | Cheesemaker: John Verhulst | Dorchester | 1900 |
| Burtard Cheese Factory | Note: #1 | Curtiss | 1918-1919 | |
| Buss Cheese Factory (Clark Co-op?) | Note: #1 | |||
| Butterville | Alfred Noah | Greenwood | ||
| Bymer Dairy | ||||
| Cannonville | Christian Feutz | Rt. 4, Granton | ||
| Carnation Milk Condensary | Owen | |||
| Catlin Corners Cheese Factory | Cheddar & Colby, Note: #1 | Jenks Dairy Co., Gordon A. Randt, operator | Hwy. 98, east of Loyal, WI | |
| Chili Cheese Factory | O. F. Sampe | Chili | ||
| Chili Milk Pool Co-op | Cheddar | Howard G. Geldernick, mgr. | 1967, 1973 | |
| Chili Riverside Co-operative Cheese | Chili | |||
| Clark County Butter Company | Mike Prock | Weston | ||
| Clark County Central | H. W. Decker | Warner Twp. | ||
| Clark County Central | Arnold Beyer, Clarence Liebzeit | Greenwood, Rt. 1 | ||
| Clark County Cheese Factory | Mike Teclaw | 4 mi. East 1 mi. North of Thorp. | ||
| Clark County (Comb.) | Clark Co. Butter Co. | Neillsville | ||
| Clover Belt Creamery | Thomas McAdams | Owen | ||
| Clover Belt | Fred Greve | Thorp | ||
| Cloverdale Cheese Factory | Cheddar | Walter Rindfleisch & Wife | Colby | 1940-1960 |
| Cloverdale Cheese Factory | Mathias Holzmann | Rt. 1, Unity | ||
| Clover Hill Co-op Cheese Factory | Edward Mildebrand | Hwy E out of Curtiss, Near A & E, a mile north of A on E. | 1919-1935+, 1967 | |
| Clover Leaf Factory | Frank Pritzel | Sec. 9, Worden Township | ||
| Clover Leaf Factory | Cheddar | Math Meyer, Walter Murphy | Rt. 2, Stanley | |
| Clover Leaf Factory | Norman Western | 1956 | ||
| Cloverleaf Dairy | Harry Schlinsog | 3 mi. W & 2 mi. S. of Greenwood at the NE corner of Chickadee & Cty. Hwy. O | 1943 | |
| Cloverview Cheese Factory | Unknown | #1 | ||
| Colby Cheese House | Colby Cheese | Diane Feiten | Colby, WI | 1988, 1991 |
| Coats Cheese & Creamery | E. Coats | Sec. 16, York | ||
| Cooper Cheese Co. Inc. | Willard, WI | 1967 | ||
| County Farm Cheese & Butter Co. |
R. A. Zickert |
Grant Twp. | ||
| Christie |
J. A. Hauser |
Rt. 3, Neillsville | ||
| Crystal Creamery |
Seitz Brothers |
Sec. 8, York | ||
| Curtiss (Comb.) |
Adolph Luethy |
Curtiss | ||
| Curtiss Dairy Co. |
Cheddar & Colby |
Emil A. Laabs, Harold Laabs |
Curtiss, WI | |
| Dahl |
George W. Dahl |
Loyal | ||
| Daisy Cheese Factory |
George Schils |
York, 6 1/2 miles NE of Neillsville | #1 | |
| Daisy Dairy |
John Joss |
Loyal | ||
| Day |
Joseph Babler |
Zachow | #1, 1897 | |
| Day Cream & Cheese Co. |
James Wallace Short |
Sec. 2, Levis | ||
| Dells Dam Butter & Cheese Factory | Victor Horton | Sec. 17, Levis Twp. | ||
| Dill Creek Cheese Factory | Cheddar | John Tesmer, Laurence Hoernke | Colby, Rt. 1 | |
| Dodge Creamery Co. | Dodge Creamery Co. | |||
| Dodgeville Factory | Waterstreet & Smith; W. F. Naulin | Rt. 1, Loyal | ||
| Dorchester Cheese Co. Inc. | Colby | 1. O. G. Peterson; 2. Fred & Jerome Reynolds & Cliff Wetterau | Mayville Twp. | |
| Dorchester | E. J. Mechelke | Rt. 1, Dorchester | ||
| Dore & Austin's Cheese Factory | Grant Township | 1881 | ||
| Durst, Walter | ||||
| East Pleasant Ridge Dairy/Reber Cheese Factories, Ad | Swiss, Cheddar, Italian | 1. Walter Reber; 2. Craig Asplin | Granton Rd. & Airport, 5 mi. E. of Neillsville on Hwy. 10. | 1953 |
| East Worden Dairy | ||||
| Eaton Center | Note: #1 | Eaton Center Cheese Co., Herman Kalkofen, Francis Scherer & Herbert Quimbly | Greenwood | 1911-1935 |
| Eau Clarie Creamery Co. | Eau Claire, WI | Greenwood | ||
| Edgewood | David E. Norleen | Rt. 1, Abbotsford | ||
| Ehlers Cheese Factory | August Ehler | Reseburg (SE of Thorp) | Destroyed by fire Sept., 1948 | |
| Eidsvold Cheese Factory | Ervin Boardman, Walter Braatz, Charles Flunker, George Thill, William Thill | |||
| Elmdale/Rasmussen/Greenwood Valley Cheese factory | Cheddar | Walter Rasmussen | ||
| Enterprise Creamery | 1. A. C. F. Witt; 2. O. W. Becker | Rt. 2, Lynn | ||
| F. Albert Dairy Co. | A. Albert | Thorp | ||
| Farmer's Cloverleaf Co-op Cheese & Butter Co | Barrel Cheese & Swiss | 1. Norman Western; 2. Walter Murphy | 1/2 mile south and 3 mi. east of Willard | mid 1940s- |
| Farmer's Progressive Cream Co. | John Weutrich | Eaton | ||
| Favorite | Note #1 | Hans Nielsen Estate | Rt. 2, Withee | |
| Feutz Cannonville Cheese Factory | ||||
| Fischer's Cheese Factory | Note #1 | George Fischer, Jr. | Sec. 36 Beaver Twp. (From Loyal--2 mi. N on K, 2 1/2 miles E on Rock Creek, 1/4 mi. N on Oak Grove). | ca 1956 |
| Flick Cheese Factory | ||||
| Flunker Cheese Factory | Note #1 | Charles Flunker | Eidsvold | |
| Foelsh Cheese Factory | ||||
| Foremost-Blue Moon Cheese, Inc. | Specialty & Natural Cheeses | Thorp | 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979 | |
| Four Corners Cheese Factory | Cheddar | 1. Reuben Knorr; 2. Hilarion Riedel | Rt. 2, Curtiss | |
| Frederickson Cheese Factory | Nels Frederickson | |||
| Gadhorn Creamery | Greenwood | |||
| Gerlach/Young/Kobs Cheese Factory | 1. Wm. Gerlach, 2. John Young, 3. Hugo Kobs | |||
| Globe | Globe Cheese Co. | Rt. 5, Greenwood | ||
| Gorman Co-operative Dairy | Area Farmers | Gorman Rd, just south of the intersection of Twenty-six Rd, Hendren Township | 1917-1957 | |
| Granton Cream and Cheese Factory | C. A. Cuth | Granton | ||
| Granton | Oscar A. Petersen | Granton | ||
| Grasshorn-Falk Creamery | Greenwood, Eaton Township | |||
| Grassland Dairy Products, Inc. | Wi. Cheese & Dairy Products; #1 | Greenwood | 1967, 1973, 1991, 1994, 2003 | |
| Green Grove |
Gustav Sampe |
Colby | ||
| Greenwood Cheese Factory |
Dr. Fuchs |
Greenwood | ||
| Greenwood (Comb.) |
John Wuetrich |
Greenwood | ||
| Greenwood Creamery |
Eau Claire Creamery |
Greenwood | 1910 | |
| Greenwood Dairy |
1. D. M. Watson 2. Theodore W. Mech |
Greenwood | ||
| Greenwood Milk Products Co-op | Cheddar | Neighboring Farmers | 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988 | |
| Gruenke's Dairy | ||||
| Gubeli's White Birch Cheese Factory | Joe Gubeli; Bio | |||
| Gust Sampe | Gust Sampe | Colby Twp. | ||
| H. J. Grell Butter and Egg Co. | H. J. Grell | Neillsville | ||
| Haack Cheese Factory | 1. 1912 | |||
| Harris Chesse Co. Inc. | Colby Cheese | Unity RFD 1 | 1973 | |
| Hediger Cheese Factory | Spray-drying of whole milk, first to install the Lo-temp processing for milk powder | Herman Hediger (history) | Christie | |
| Hemlock Cheese Factory | 1. Erwin C. Koepsel, 2. Richard Ashbeck | Rt.4, Greenwood | ||
| Hewett | Fred Theiler | Humbird | ||
| Hiller's Clover Belt Cheese Factory | Otto Hiller | 2 mi. so. of Thorp | ||
| Hillside Co-Op Cheese Factory | Cheddar | 1. Theodore Schultz; 2. Leo Biel | Stanley | |
| Hoard Cheese Factory | #1 | 1. J. P. Burtard; 2. H. W. Marquardt | Sec. 11, Hoard Twp. | Closed in 1951 |
| Hoffman Dairy | Milk, Ice Cream | Harley Hoffman | Thorp | 1967, 1973, 1976 |
| Holt's Heintown Cheese Factory; (previously Magadenz Cheese) | 1. Magadenz 2. Alfred Holt; 3. Herbert Uttech | Section 5, York Twp. | ||
| Hoppa's Butter Factory | 1905 | |||
| House, W. A. | #1 | |||
| Huber Cheese Factory | Edward Huber | Unity, 2 mi. from Spencer | ||
| Huckstead Cheese Factory | ||||
| Humbird Cheese Factory | Humbird Cheese Co. | Humbird | ||
| Humbird Creamery Co. | Fred Theiler | Humbird, WI | ||
| Huntzicker Cheese Factory | 1878 | |||
| J. F. Steinwand | J. F. Steinwand | Colby Twp. | ||
| Jacob's Dairy, Ad | Rt. 3, Neillsville | Mar., 1949-? | ||
| Jenks Dairy Co. | Sherman Twp. | |||
| Johnson, Ludwig's Store; Bymer Schroder Dairy; Eide Cheese Factory | 1. Eide, 2. Bymer Schroder, 3. Johnson, 4. Heinrich. | Fremont Township | bef. 1923 - 1947 | |
| Junction Cheese Factory | Ernst Looser | 5 mi. northeast of Thorp | ||
| Kasper Cheese Factory | Cheddar & Colby | Kasper Family | ||
| Ken & David Bletsoe | Qaulity Cheese | Ken & David Bletsoe | Granton & Christie | 1973, 1976 |
| Kenneberg Cheese Factory | Four miles east of Loyal, on Hwy. 98 | |||
| Kielsmeier | Kielsmeier Co., Manitowoc | Rt. 1, Loyal | ||
| Knops | Francis Knops | 15 mi. southwest of Greenwood | ||
| Krugeger Cheese Factory Scorched | Humbird | |||
| Kurth Corners Cheese Factory | Walt Reber | |||
| Laabs Bros. Factories | Note | |||
| Laabs Cheese Factory-Abbotsford | Laabs Bros. | |||
| Laabs Cheese Factory-Curtiss | ||||
| Laabs Cheese Factory-Willard | Jacob Tjepkema, cheesemaker | Cty. G in Willard on the east end of "town." | ||
| Lambord (Comb.) | Lambord Dairy Co. | Thorp | ||
| Land O'Lakes, Inc. | Cheese Production Facility | 2003 Jack Strenger | 423 S. Main, Greenwood, WI | 1991, 1994, 2003 |
| LaTart | Emil Luther, Jr. (informant: Art Olson) | |||
| Levis/Brown/Trichel Cheese | Sec. 2, Levis Twp. | *See Day Creamry | ||
| Levis Cheese Factory | William H. Rath; Charles Neubecker | Sec. 14, Levis Twp. | ||
| Liebzeit's Clark Co. Central | 40# blocks of cheddar | 1. Arnold Beyer 2. R. W. Moldenhauer 3. Clarence "Scoop" Liebzeit | 3 mi. NW of Greenwood, in Warner Twp. | ca 1900-1981 |
| Lombard Dairy | Cheddar | James N. Biser | 7 mi. northeast of Thorp, WI | Installed a new sewage disposal system in 1957. |
| Lombard Dairy Co. | Broeren & Decker | 3 mi. northeast of Thorp, WI | ||
| Lone Oak Cheese Factory | Cheddar | 1. Louis H. Horn, 2. Walter Emerson 3. Fremont Wonn | Rt. 1, Withee | |
| Lone Pine Cheese Factory | Cheddar | Frank Meske | East of Thorp | |
| Longwood Cheese Factory | Cheddar | R. J. Cooper of Marshfield, managed by Lewis Gehrke | Longwood Twp. | 1967 |
| Longwood (Comb.) | H. J. Mathias | Withee | ||
| Longwood Dairy Co. | Ed Swenson | Longwood Twp. | ||
| Loyal Jenks (comb.) | Loyal Jenks Dairy Co. | Loyal | ||
| Luethy, A. D. | #1 | |||
| Luther's Cheese | #1 | Bukosy? | Beaver, E. of LaTart School | 1920 |
| Lynn Cheese Factory (Dairy) (website) | #1, #2 (historic Photos) | Family owned since 1949 (2003 Plat Book Rach | Just outside Neillsville (Granton) | 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988, 2003 |
| Lynn Dairy | Cheddar | 1. Harry Schlinsog 2. William & Ruth Schwantes Sr. | 1948-49 | |
| Magadenz Cheese Factory, (Later Holt's) | Magadenz, Albert Holt, Herbert Uttech | Section 5, York Twp. | ||
| Mandel Cheese Factory | #1 | David Mandel, Mrs. (Barbara) Mandel who ran it aft. her husband died. | Beaver Twp.or Rt. 1 Owen | |
| Mandel | Colby Cheese; #1 | Albert H. & Lena Mandel | 2 mi. north of Loyal, then 1 1/2 mi. east | 1926-1947 |
| Mandel's Cheese Factory | Colby | Ernst Mandel | Rt. 2, Colby | 1908-? |
| Mandel & Kademann | Mandel & Kademann | Rt. 2, Colby | ||
| Maple Grove Cheese Factory | R. H. Sleyster | Sec. 14, Sherman | ||
| Maple Grove Factory | Richard Meyers | Sec. 14, Unity | ||
| Maple Grove Factory | William A. Rusch | Spencer | ||
| Maple Grove Factory | Henry House | Curtiss | ||
| Maple Grove Factory | William A. Wichman | Rt. 2, Unity | ||
| Marathon-Clark Co-op | Cheddar | Over 200 Area Farmers, managed by Ervin Schilling | No. Main St., Abbotsford | |
| Marten | Emil W. Marten | Spencer | ||
| Martin Cheese Factory | H. A. Martin | Sec. 25, Unity Township | ||
| Mathias Cheese Factory | #1 | |||
| Mauel's Ice Cream | Ice Cream | Henry Mauel, Jr | Owen | 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988 |
| Mayville Cheese Factory | A. Natchway; Erich Beisner, owner; his brother Herman Beisner, Cheesemaker. | Mayville Twp. | ||
| Mayville (Comb.) | Anton Nachtwey | Dorchester | ||
| Meadow Farms | Ice Cream | A. H. Pfalzgraf | ||
| Meyers Cheese Factory | E. C. Meyers | Sec. 5, Unity | ||
| Midway Cheese | #1 | W. E. Petersen | Curtiss | |
| Milk Condensery of American Dairy Stores | Morris Blodgett, Mgr. | Neillsville | ||
| Miller Cheese Factory/Seeman Cheese Factory | Alfred Mandel | Co. Trunk K, North of Loyal | ||
| Mullins Cheese Inc. | Variety of Cheese | Riplinger, WI & Knowlton | 1979, 1988, 1991, 1994 | |
| Nachtwey Cheese Factory | ||||
| Neillsville (comb.) | M. L. Freichel |
Neillsville |
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| Neillsville Dairy | Ice Cream & Dairy Bar | 1. H. H. Quicker, owner; 2. Dan Patey, owner. | ||
| Neillsville Milk Products Co-op | Dried Milk & Pine Valley Sweet Cream Butter | 500 Area Farmers; B. H. Crissinger, Mgr. | ||
| North Hendren Co-operative Dairy | Bleu Cheese | Area Farmers | Spencer Rd between Fisher and Tower Ave. (SE corner of the SW quarter of the SE quarter of Section 3). | Since 1923 - 2003 (plat book) |
| North Star Cheese Factory | Sm. Packaged & Paraffined Varieties | 1. Vern T. Mech; 2. Walter Reber (also had the nearby Pleasant Ridge Factory) | 3 mi. west of Granton | |
| North Star Cheese | Emil D. Prange | R.F.D. Granton | ||
| North Star Factory | Michael Fitzgerald of Watertown, WI | Loyal Township | ||
| North Warner | North Warner Co-operative | Rt. 4, Greenwood, Warner Twp. | ||
| Oak Grove Cheese | Fred W. Buss | Rt. 2, Curtiss | ||
| Oak Grove Factory | Oak Grove Co-operative Cheese Co.; Christian Klay | 5 mi. Southwest of Withee | ||
| Oakland Cheese Factory | 2# & 5# loaves of Colby & Cheddar | Gordon H. Munson | Near Curtiss | |
| Oatman Condensery | Condensed Milk | Neillsville | est. 1916 | |
| Olson Cheese Factory | C. N. Olson | |||
| Ostenson Cheese Factory | #1 | |||
| Otter Creek Cheese Factory | Alfred Laabs | 2.5 mi. northeast of Stanley, WI | ||
| Owen | Melvin E. Ostenson | Owen | ||
| Owen Dairy Co. | Cheddar & Italian Cheeses | H. F. Gripentrog, Jr. | ||
| Peltzdorf Creamery | Note: #1 | Seitz Bros. | Loyal | |
| Pine Grove | Clarence Wichmann | Rt. 1, Loyal | ||
| Pine Grove Cheese Factory | George Foelsch | 6 1/2 miles N. of Loyal, then 2 mi. E. on Ripplinger Rd., Beaver Township | 1950s | |
| Pine Valley Butter Co. | Geo. E. Crothers | Neillsville, WI | ||
| Pine Valley Cream Association | O. M. Arnold | Sec. 16, Pine Valley | ||
| Pine Valley Cheese Factory | Note: #1 | Walter Zbinden | Neillsville, WI | 1927 |
| Pleasant Ridge Cheese Factory | Cheddar | 1946-Otto Meinholdt, then E. O. Franz | 9 mi. NW of Greenwood; Originally built on the right corner, next to Kippenhan's Tavern. 1951-1953, Ed built a new factory about 1/2 mi. west of the Tavern and moved the house from their farm there. | |
| Pleasant Ridge Cheese Factory | H. A. Martin | Grant Center | ||
| Pleasant Ridge Creamery | 1. A. A. Huckstead 2. Robert Petznick | 4 mi. southeast of Neillsville, Rt. 1 | 1898 | |
| Pleasant View | Louis Rach | Loyal | ||
| Pleasant View | Fred O. Justman | Unity | ||
| Pleasant View Creamery | Charles E. Eckerle | Sec. 12, Reseburg | ||
| Pleasant View Dairy | Cheddar & Barrel Cheese | 1. Edward Miller; 2. Allen & Marvin Miller | North of Loyal on "K" | 1988, 1991 |
| Poplar | Charles & Henry Salzwedel | Sec. 28, Beaver Twp. | 1889 | |
| Poplar | Hugo F. Behringer | Rt. 4, Greenwood | ||
| Pozen | Albert Albert | Thorp | ||
| Raber Foods, Inc. | Quality Dairy Products | 2 m. N, 1 m. west of Thorp, WI | 1988 | |
| Reseburg Cheese Factory | Picture with history | Reseburg Cheese Co., 1. Otto Sommer; 2. Casmer Boyarski, also had a retail store with it. | Sec. 8, Reseburg | Rabers & Blue Moon
are 2 seperate places - Blue Moon closed in 2000 due to contract negotiations & the new owners - Saputo Cheese- decided to close it down - a great loss for many employees. Lyn Brunett |
| Riplinger Cheese Factory | Cheddar | Swift & Co.; operated by Pauley Cheese Co. | ||
| Riverside | Riverside Co-operative | Chili | ||
| Riverside Cheese Factory | 1. August Dankemeyer, 2. Harry Eide | Sec. 15, Fremont Twp. | 1906 - 1958 | |
| Riverview | James Holmes | Rt. 2, Unity | ||
| Roger Creek Cheese Factory | #1 | Walter Fero, William Blazel, T. J. Gjermundson, | Sec. 29, Thorp Twp. | |
| Romeo Farmer's Cheese Factory | Emil Martens | Unity | 1910-1915 | |
| Sampe, Y. C. Cheese Factory | #1 | |||
| Schwamb's | Schwamb's Co-operative Dairy Co. | Tioga | ||
| Seefeld's Cheese Factory | H. T. Seefeld | Sec. 3, Sherman Twp. | ||
| Seeman Cheese Factory/Miller's | Wm. Seeman, Alfred Mandel | Co. Trunk K north of Loyal | ||
| Schilling | #1 | H. B. Moldenhauer & Son, Luther? | Rt. 3, Greenwood | |
| Schilling's Cheese | Emil Luther, Sr. (informant: Art Olson) | E. A. Schilling | Hwy 13 near Abbotsford, relocated after it was destroyed by a June 1958 tornado | |
| Schlinsog Dairy | Milk; Note: #1 | Harry & Ted Schlinsog Families | South of Loyal | |
| Schumacher | Peter Schumacher | Rt. 2, Dorchester | ||
| Schwamb's Co-operative Cheese Factory/Knop's Woodland View Cheese Factory | Area Farmers | a mile east of the Tioga depot, Hendren Township | ||
| Sherman Cheese Factory | P. Knickle & Son | Sherman Twp. | ||
| Sherman Cheese Factory | George Fisher, Jr. | Spencer | ||
| Sherwood Dairy | Sherwood Dairy Co. | Rt. 4, Granton | ||
| Sherwood Cheese Factory | Christian Feutz, Cheesemaker | |||
| Shortville Dairy Co. | Charles Winters | Washburn Twp. | ||
| Sommer Cheese Factory | Wm. & Otto Sommer | Rt. 1, Thorp | 1909 | |
| South Grant Cheese Factory, Ad | 1. Elmer E. Hitzke; 2. Walter H. Schmidt in the 1950s, lg. retail shoop | Rt. 3, Hwy. 10, Granton |
1967 |
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| South Green Grove Co-operative | ||||
| South Lynn Dairy | Ed Decker | Cty. Hwy. "W", south of Hwy. 10 | ||
| South Point | Emil W. Ehlert | Rt. 1, Thorp | ||
| South Worden Dairy | 1. John Wry; 2. Leo Biel | 9 mi. southeast of Stanley | ||
| South York Cheese Factory | E. H. Tucker | Sec. 34, York Twp. | ||
| South York | M. L. Trichel | Granton | ||
| Spokeville Cheese Factory | Note: #1 | C. A. Voight | Sec. 19, Sherman Twp. | |
| Spokeville Cheese Factory | Otto G. Rohde | Rt. 2, Spencer | ||
| Star | E. H. Tober | Granton | ||
| Star Cheese Factory | 1.Otto Braun, 2. Marlow, 3. Lawrie | 1 mi. N. Dorchester on hwy. 13 | 1924 | |
| Star Cheese Factory | Peter Jensen | Lynn Twp. | ||
| Steinwand | Joseph F. Steinwand | Colby | ||
| Stewart's Redville Dairy | Italian Provolone & Cheddar | Stewart Family | Greenwood | 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979 |
| Stock | Rudolph Stock | Rt. 2, Colby | ||
| Stony Creek | Otto E. Luther | Rt. 1, Loyal | ||
| Sun Shine Valley Cheese Factory | Bruno Nurmi | 5 mi. south of Thorp, WI | ||
| Thorp Dairy Co. | Rudolph Verweyst | Thorp | ||
| Thorp Dairy No. 1 (comb.) | Thorp Dairy Co. | Thorp | ||
| Thorp Dairy No. 2 | Thorp Dairy Co. | Thorp | ||
| Thorp Dairy No. 3 | Thorp Dairy Co. | Thorp | ||
| Thorp Dairy No. 4 | Thorp Dairy Co. | Thorp | ||
| Thorp Dairy No. 5 | Thorp Dairy Co. | Thorp | ||
| Thorp Dairy No. 6 | Thorp Dairy Co. | Thorp | ||
| Timothy Belt Cheese & Dairy | Cheddar & Milk | Walter A. Reinke | Rt. 1, Thorp | |
| Town Line | Otto E. Grennke | Rt. 1, Granton | ||
| Town Line | Herman F. Seefeld | Spencer | ||
| Unity Dairy Products | Colby & Cheddar Cheese | H. E. Mandel | Unity, WI | 1967 |
| Uttech Cheese Factory | Herb Uttech | |||
| Voigt | Note: #1, #2 | Ernest C. Voigt of Madison | Unity | |
| Wahlen Cheese Factory | ||||
| Warner | 1. William Laabs 2. Henry Mueller | Rt. 2, Greenwood | ||
| Warner | William A. Wichman | Unity | ||
| Warner Co-operative Cheese Factory | Limburger | Area Farmers | Warner Township | |
| Warner's Corners | Note #1 | |||
| West Beaver | Al A. Matthias | Rt. 3, Greenwood | ||
| West Eaton Cheese Factory | 1. Theodore Wessel; 2. Harry Schlinsog; 3. Dairy Belt. (This factory became a tavern) | 4 mi. southwest of Greenwood | ||
| West Eaton | West Eaton Cheese Co. | Rt. 5, Greenwood | ||
| West Fremont | Otto H. Yordi | Rt. 1, Granton | ||
| West Side Cheese Factory | Zetsche & Schlingsog | Warner Twp. | ||
| West Side | Henry Mueller | Rt. 2, Spencer | ||
| Western Condensing Co. | Milk Powder & Whey Sugar | Foremost Dairies, Inc. | Owen | |
| West Worden | West Worden Dairy Co. | Rt. 2, Stanley | ||
| White Birch Cheese Factory | Cheddar | Joe Gubell | Thorp | Neighborhood Operation |
| White Clover | Ignatz Wojkiewicz | Thorp | ||
| White Eagle Dairy | Steve Losiewicz, sold to Blue Moon | 5 mi. north of Thorp, WI | ||
| White House Milk Products | Evaporated Milk under the A. & P. Food Stores Label | Subsidiary of Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. | Abbotsford | |
| Wild Cherry Factory | Cheddar | First owned by Mike and Verna Teclaw and was destroy by fire about 1929; in 1956-Laura Natzke owned a factory using this name. | Thorp | |
| Wildwood Cheese Factory | ||||
| Willard | Willard Co-operative Dairy Co. | Willard | ||
| Wisconsin Dairies | Manufactures of butter, Cheese, powder, & fluid Milk | Neillsville, WI | 1979 | |
| Withee Creamery |
George E. Peterson |
Withee | ||
| Witt Cheese Factory | Laura Natzke & 4 sons after the death of her husband. This factory was previously known as the Wild Cherry Cheese Factory (see that facility above). | North of Thorp | ||
| Witt, Ed. J's Factory | ||||
| Witt, Erwin H. Cheese Factory | ||||
| Woodland View Factory | Francis Knops | 15 mi. SW of Greenwood | ||
| Woodside | August Pieper; Note | Rt. 3, Greenwood (bef. 1942); corner of present day Robin Ave. & Lover's Road, Sec. 23 in the Town of Beaver | ||
| Worden Cheese Factory | Worden | |||
| Wuethrich Creamery (Grassland) | Butter & non-fat powder | John Wuethrich | Greenwood | 1973, 1979 |
| York Center | Cheddar | Emil M. Schoenfeld | Neillsville | |
| York Center Cheese Factory | L. B. Gunia rebuilt the plant in the early 1950s. In 1973 it was purchased by Art Masanz, then in 1984 by Harold & Lois Mayer who renamed it "Mayer Dairy, Inc." It closed in 2001 | York | Established operation excellently located in a productive area, installed a new plant pasteurizer in 1957. | |
| York Cheese Factory | J. B. Daugetee | Sec. 27, York Township | ||
| York Dairy | 1. M. C. Mertens, 2. Ken & David Bletsoe; John Mullins | Granton, WI | #1; 1967, modern concrete block building; new plate pasteurizer installed in 1957. | |
| York Dairy | Al Breseman | 3 1/2 mi. NW of Granton | #1 | |
| Zbinden Factory | #1 | |||
| Zelm Cheese Factory | #1 | |||
| Unknown | ||||
| Cheese Factory #1 |
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