Brackett, Wisconsin

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Brackett, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Brackett
Coordinates: 44°42′05″N91°21′04″W / 44.70139°N 91.35111°W / 44.70139; -91.35111
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Eau Claire
Elevation
289 m (948 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1562120 [1]

Brackett is an unincorporated community located on U.S. Route 53 in the town of Washington, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2] It was named for James M. Brackett, a newspaper editor and publisher. He was involved with the Eau Claire Free Press in the 1870s. [3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Brackett, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Brackett Populated Place Profile / EAU Claire County, Wisconsin Data".
  3. ↑ Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 36. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.


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