Decker Corner, Wisconsin

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Decker Corner, Wisconsin
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Decker Corner, Wisconsin
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Decker Corner, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°21′05″N88°02′42″W / 43.35139°N 88.04500°W / 43.35139; -88.04500
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Ozaukee
Elevation
263 m (863 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 262
GNIS feature ID1563796 [1]

Decker Corner is an unincorporated community in the Town of Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

Decker Corner was named for a family who lived at the local crossroads. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Decker Corner, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Newland Became Cedarburg". The Milwaukee Sentinel. September 4, 1967. pp. Part 5, page 5. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2015.


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