Donald, Wisconsin

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Donald, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Donald, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45°15′09″N90°53′49″W / 45.25250°N 90.89694°W / 45.25250; -90.89694 Coordinates: 45°15′09″N90°53′49″W / 45.25250°N 90.89694°W / 45.25250; -90.89694
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State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Taylor
Elevation
366 m (1,201 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1564049 [1]

Donald is an unincorporated community located in the town of Pershing, Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States, [1] where the Canadian National Railway crosses County Highway M.

Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company in operation, 1909 Logging sleigh.jpg
Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company in operation, 1909

History

Donald was founded in 1903. [2] It was named by for Donald Campbell, the son of the president of the Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company, which logged in the area. Before that, the spot was called Fountain Spur, for the other principal of that company. [2] A post office was established at Donald in 1904, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1942. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Donald, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. 1 2 Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 173.
  3. ↑ "Taylor County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 April 2015.


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