Avalanche, Wisconsin

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Avalanche, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Avalanche, Wisconsin
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Avalanche, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°36′08″N90°46′49″W / 43.60222°N 90.78028°W / 43.60222; -90.78028
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Vernon
Elevation
260 m (853 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1561029 [1]

Avalanche is an unincorporated community in the town of Webster, Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The community took its name from a geographic feature east of the village that looked like an avalanche. [2]

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Avalanche, Wisconsin

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Avalanche, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Gard, Robert (2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names (2nd ed.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 14. ISBN   978-0-87020-707-5.


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