Little Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located within the town of Hamburg

Hamburg, Marathon County, Wisconsin

Hamburg is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, in the United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the town had a population of 910...

, in Marathon County, Wisconsin

Marathon County, Wisconsin

Marathon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is part of the Wausau, WI, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 134,063. Its county seat is Wausau.-Geography:...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The Zip code is 54448.

History

The community reportedly got its unusual name during the early part of the 20th Century because of a local tavern during the Prohibition

Prohibition

Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...

 Era that was dispensing illegal alcoholic beverages.

Little Chicago received worldwide recognition in 2002 by being referenced as the title of Adam Rapp

Adam Rapp

Adam Rapp is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, musician and film director. His play Red Light Winter was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006.-Early life:...

's novel "Little Chicago

Little Chicago

Little Chicago is a 2002 novel by Adam Rapp.Little Chicago is a story told by eleven-year-old Gerald 'Blacky' Brown, a victim of sexual abuse and neglect. Blacky is taken to hospital to be examined, tells a social worker about the molestation, and at school he tells his best friend, Eric...

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