Byrds Creek, Wisconsin

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Byrds Creek, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Byrds Creek, Wisconsin
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Byrds Creek, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°13′12″N90°32′54″W / 43.22000°N 90.54833°W / 43.22000; -90.54833
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Richland
Elevation
208 m (682 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1562494 [1]

Byrds Creek is an unincorporated community in the town of Richwood, Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

History

The community was named for Adam Byrd, who built the first sawmill in the township. The post office was originally established as Bird's Creek in March 1890 and was changed to Byrd's Creek two months later. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Byrds Creek, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 46. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.


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