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Chetek, Wisconsin, is located along US Highway 53 in Barron County about 30 miles northwest of Chippewa Falls. About 2100 people call it home.
Chetek comes from the Ojibwa (aka Chippewa) word Jede or zhedeg, meaning either "swan" or "pelican". It has been spelled Sheetak, Shetak, Shetuk, and Chetack before Chetek was settled upon when the post office opened in 1872.