Brockway (community), Wisconsin

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Brockway, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Looking north at the sign for Brockway on U.S. Route 12
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Coordinates: 44°17′05″N90°50′23″W / 44.28472°N 90.83972°W / 44.28472; -90.83972
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Jackson
Town Brockway
Elevation
255 m (837 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1845427 [1]

Brockway is an unincorporated community located in the town of Brockway, Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 12 and Wisconsin Highway 27 and shares its northern border with Black River Falls, Wisconsin. [2]

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History

The community was named for Eustace L. Brockway, an area sawmill and steamboat operator who served in the Wisconsin legislature in 1872. [3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Brockway, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Location". Google Maps. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 38. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.


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