Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin

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Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin
Lorine Niedecker Cottage.jpg
Lorine Niedecker Cottage in Blackhawk Island
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Blackhawk Island
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Blackhawk Island
Coordinates: 42°53′54″N88°53′32″W / 42.89833°N 88.89222°W / 42.89833; -88.89222
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Jefferson
Towns Koshkonong, Sumner
Elevation
238 m (781 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1561899 [1]

Blackhawk Island is an unincorporated community located in the towns of Koshkonong and Sumner, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] Its best known longtime resident was the poet, Lorine Niedecker. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Lorine Niedecker". Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. Retrieved October 17, 2018.