Ballou, Wisconsin

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Ballou, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°19′03″N90°35′05″W / 46.31750°N 90.58472°W / 46.31750; -90.58472
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Ashland
Town Morse
Elevation
434 m (1,424 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1577501 [1]

Ballou is an unincorporated community located in the town of Morse, Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The community was established around 1890 by the Wisconsin Central railroad. It was named for Miner H. Ballou, the treasurer and general manager of the Menasha Paper Company and a director of the railroad. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Ballou, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 19. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.


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