Eau Galle (community), Dunn County, Wisconsin

Eau Galle, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°41′32″N92°00′42″W / 44.69222°N 92.01167°W / 44.69222; -92.01167
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dunn
Town	Eau Galle
Elevation	761 ft (232 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	54737
Area codes	715 & 534
GNIS feature ID	1564409 [1]

Eau Galle is an unincorporated community located in the town of Eau Galle, in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. Eau Galle is 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Durand and has a post office with ZIP code 54737. ^[2]

Etymology

Although Eau Galle is sometimes said to mean "bitter water", ^[3] the name is adapted from the original name for the Eau Galle River: (Rivière) au Galet , meaning "(river) with the gravel-bank". ^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eau Galle (community), Dunn County, Wisconsin
2. ZIP Code Lookup
3. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp.  113.
4. Boyd, Robert K. (1998). Early conditions of the Chippewa Valley. At the mouth of what is now called the Eau Galle River, explorers found a heavy gravel bar, called galet (pronounced galay) in their language, and they therefore called the stream La Rivière au Galet, the River of the Gravel Bank.