Allen, Wisconsin

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Allen, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 44°39′41″N91°22′01″W / 44.66139°N 91.36694°W / 44.66139; -91.36694 Coordinates: 44°39′41″N91°22′01″W / 44.66139°N 91.36694°W / 44.66139; -91.36694
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Eau Claire
Elevation
298 m (978 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1560767 [1]

Allen is an unincorporated community in the town of Clear Creek in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2] It lies almost exactly midway between Cleghorn and Foster, at the southern junction of Eau Claire County Highways "D" and "V".

The community was named after one of its early settlers, Charles Allen, on whose property the community was built, in approximately 1870. [3] In 1913, the Fairchild and North-Eastern Railway was extended to Cleghorn via Allen.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Allen, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Allen, Wisconsin
  3. Our Story, Vol V - Communities draw names from men, places, events


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