Center (community), Wisconsin

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Coordinates: 42°42′32″N89°10′47″W / 42.70889°N 89.17972°W / 42.70889; -89.17972 Coordinates: 42°42′32″N89°10′47″W / 42.70889°N 89.17972°W / 42.70889; -89.17972
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County Rock
Elevation
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295 m (968 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Center is an unincorporated community in the Town of Center, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. [2] Located in section 22 of Township 3 North Range 11 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Center has been published on USGS maps since 1891. [3] Bethel Cemetery, the Town of Center town hall and Zion Lutheran Church are located in the community in section 22 at the intersection of Rock County Highway A and Church Road. [4]

Center, Rock County, Wisconsin Town in Wisconsin, United States

Center is a town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,005 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Center is in the town. The ghost town of Fellows was also located in the town.

Rock County, Wisconsin U.S. county in Wisconsin

Rock County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 160,331. Its county seat is Janesville.

Wisconsin U.S. state in the United States

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin is the 23rd largest state by total area and the 20th most populous. The state capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee, which is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan. The state is divided into 72 counties.

Notes

  1. "Center". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Wisconsin Department of Transportation-Rock County, Wisconsin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  3. USGS (1891). "Janesville Quadrangle, 1:62500 Topographical Map".
  4. "Center Township (sic) Guide" (PDF). Rock County Genealogical Society. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-11-28.


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