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The community was originally named Pike on April 15th, 1843 by an act of the Wisconsin legislature, and became Somers in 1851. One story tells of a wealthy Englishman by that name whom the residents were hoping to entice into financing a rail line from Pike to Chicago. Another transient nickname for Somers at about that time was Aurora, where for a time a post office operated with that name from the Willis Tavern. Berryville is a residential and business community located in the town of Somers, Wisconsin along the intersections of Kenosha County Highway A and Highway 32 (Wisconsin)Highway 32 (Sheridan Road). The community was named for the proliferation of strawberry farms in the area. The Berryville School was a community fixture into the 1980s, when it was demolished for new housing. Adjacent to the school to the south was the Mid-City Outdoor Theatre (1948-1984), one of Wisconsin's first drive-in theatres. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somers%2C_Wisconsin
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