Belle Fountain, Wisconsin

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Belle Fountain, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 43°36′52″N89°15′48″W / 43.61444°N 89.26333°W / 43.61444; -89.26333
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Columbia
Town Marcellon
Elevation
267 m (876 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1577512 [1]

Belle Fountain is an unincorporated community located in the town of Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] Local history holds that the community was named for a nearby body of water. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Belle Fountain, 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. 25. ISBN   978-0-87020-707-5.


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