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Dorchester, Wisconsin, is a village in Clark and Marathon counties along state highway 13 about 4 miles north of Abbotsford / state highway 29. About 870 people live in Dorchester.
An item called Artifact no. 3 at the Village of Dorchester website implies that Dorchester was named after a town in Massachusetts. In part, it says, "Stations between Dorchester and Worcester were Medford, Charlestown, Chelsea, Dedham, Walden - all were named for towns in Massachusetts."