Blenker, Wisconsin

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Blenker, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Blenker, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°36′48″N89°54′54″W / 44.61333°N 89.91500°W / 44.61333; -89.91500
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Wood
Elevation
361 m (1,184 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
54415 [1]
Area codes 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1561919 [2]

Blenker is an unincorporated community in the town of Milladore, in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. [3]

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History

A post office has been in operation at Blenker since 1886. [4] [5] The community was named after John Blenker, a shopkeeper and the first postmaster. [6] The community once had a schoolhouse, the Blenker School. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Blenker ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Blenker". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ CH. XXVII Sherry and Sherry Station History of Wood County, Wisconsin
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ Rudolph, Robert S. (1970). Wood County Place Names (PDF). The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.
  7. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blenker School (historical)

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