Douglas Center, Wisconsin

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Douglas Center, Wisconsin
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Douglas Center, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°42′03″N89°33′19″W / 43.70083°N 89.55528°W / 43.70083; -89.55528
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Marquette
Elevation
250 m (830 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID1562201 [1]

Douglas Center (at one time spelled Douglass Center [2] ) is an unincorporated community in Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States, between Briggsville and Oxford, in the town of Douglas, on County Road P between County Roads A and O. [1] It was formerly the site of a post office, and the home of State Representative Robert Mitchell. [2]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Marquette County, Wisconsin U.S. county in Wisconsin

Marquette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,404. Its county seat is Montello. The county was created in 1836 from the Wisconsin Territory and organized in 1848.

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. 1 2 "Douglas Center, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. 1 2 Bashford, R. M., ed. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin: Comprising the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Wisconsin, Jefferson's Manual, Forms and Laws for the Regulation of Business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Fourteenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1875; p. 327


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