Burke (community), Wisconsin

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Burke, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 43°08′09″N89°16′34″W / 43.13583°N 89.27611°W / 43.13583; -89.27611 Coordinates: 43°08′09″N89°16′34″W / 43.13583°N 89.27611°W / 43.13583; -89.27611
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Dane County
Town Burke
Elevation
276 m (906 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID1562421 [1]

Burke (also Burke Station) is an unincorporated community in the town of Burke, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2]

The community was named for Irish statesman Edmund Burke, as most of its first residents were Irish. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Burke (community), Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Wisconsin Department of Transportation-Dane County, Wisconsin Archived September 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 43. ISBN   9780299309640.


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