Blaine, Portage County, Wisconsin

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Blaine, Wisconsin
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Blaine, Wisconsin
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Blaine, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°18′31.8″N89°18′54.7″W / 44.308833°N 89.315194°W / 44.308833; -89.315194
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Elevation
342 m (1,122 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1561908 [1]

Blaine is an unincorporated community in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2]

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Geography

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Location of Belmont, Wisconsin

Blaine (Portage County) is located in central Wisconsin approximately four miles northeast of Almond, or nine miles south of Amherst (Lat: 44° 18' 31.8", Lon: -89° 18' 54.7"). Blaine is located in the town of Belmont. Blaine intersects Portage County Highways A & D, and the Belmont Township Road "Fourth Avenue," approximately 4 miles south of Wisconsin State Highway 54.

History

Blaine became the site of a rural post office in 1876 and was probably named after James G. Blaine, a leading Republican who was defeated in the 1884 Presidential election. [3] The community included a country store, a Methodist church, a creamery, a blacksmith shop and a grange hall. The post office was discontinued in 1903, but the grange hall remains, serving as the Belmont Town Hall.

Economy

Blaine is home to the Blaine Store, a church and several houses.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Blaine, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Blaine Populated Place Profile / Portage County, Wisconsin Data".
  3. Rosholt, Malcolm Leviatt (1959). Our County, Our Story: Portage County, Wisconsin (PDF). Portage County Board of Supervisors. p. 262.

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