Anston, Wisconsin

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Anston, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 44°37′02″N88°09′37″W / 44.61722°N 88.16028°W / 44.61722; -88.16028
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Brown
Town Pittsfield
Elevation
228 m (748 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1560889 [1]

Anston is an unincorporated community located in the town of Pittsfield, in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2] It is located at latitude 44.617 and longitude -88.16; its elevation is 748 feet above mean sea level. [2]

History

Anston was named for a family of settlers. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Anston, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 "Anston, Brown County, Wisconsin". Wisconsin Hometown Locator. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
  3. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 37.