Alaska, Wisconsin

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Alaska, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 44°32′26″N87°30′04″W / 44.54056°N 87.50111°W / 44.54056; -87.50111 Coordinates: 44°32′26″N87°30′04″W / 44.54056°N 87.50111°W / 44.54056; -87.50111
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Kewaunee
Town Pierce
Elevation
220 m (722 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1560724 [1]

Alaska is an unincorporated community located on Wisconsin Highway 42 in the town of Pierce, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. [1] Alaska falls between East Alaska Lake and West Alaska Lake and is an important tourist and fishing spot. [2] As well as home to Troop 3 Alaska in the area, it is also home to the Alaskan Golf Club, a public course located on East Alaska Lake. [3] [4]

The community was named after the Alaska Territory, [5] and was done so because the community's post office was established the same year that the United States acquired Alaska from Russia. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Alaska". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  2. "Kewaunee County's Parks & Campgrounds". Visit Kewaunee County. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  3. "MSR Maps". United States Geographical Survey. Microsoft. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  4. "Alaskan Golf Club". Golf Wisconsin. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  5. "Towns named after states". Reading Eagle. Jul 2, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. Gard, Robert (2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names (2nd ed.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 6. ISBN   978-0-87020-707-5.