Elmo, Wisconsin

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Elmo, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 42°38′34″N90°26′09″W / 42.64278°N 90.43583°W / 42.64278; -90.43583 Coordinates: 42°38′34″N90°26′09″W / 42.64278°N 90.43583°W / 42.64278; -90.43583
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Grant
Town Smelser
Elevation
309 m (1,014 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID1577587 [1]

Elmo is an unincorporated community located in the town of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

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.

Smelser, Wisconsin Town in Wisconsin, United States

Smelser is a town in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 756 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Bigpatch, Elmo, Georgetown, and Saint Rose are located in the town.

Grant County, Wisconsin U.S. county in Wisconsin

Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,208. Its county seat is Lancaster.

History

A post office called Elmo was established in 1875, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1924. [2] The community was named after the 1866 novel St. Elmo [3] by Augusta Jane Evans.

Augusta Jane Evans American novelist

Augusta Jane Evans, or Augusta Evans Wilson, was an American author of Southern literature and a patriot of the South. She was the first woman to earn US$100,000 through her writing.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Elmo, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Grant County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. 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. 68.


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