Elmore, Wisconsin

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Elmore, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Elmore, Wisconsin
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Elmore, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°34′30″N88°18′10″W / 43.57500°N 88.30278°W / 43.57500; -88.30278
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County   Fond du Lac
Elevation
313 m (1,027 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1564579 [1]

Elmore is an unincorporated community in the town of Ashford, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] Elmore was originally known as Leglerville for founder Ulrich Legler, who built a sawmill in the community in 1857. The community later took its current name to honor Andrew Elmore, who represented the area in the Wisconsin Assembly in 1859 and 1860. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Elmore, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 87–88. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.


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