Fivemile Creek (Wood County, Wisconsin)

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Fivemile Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. [1]

Fivemile Creek was so named for its distance, five miles (8.0 km) from the original Grand Rapids townsite. [2] The name sometimes is spelled out "Five Mile Creek". [1]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fivemile Creek
  2. Rudolph, Robert S. (1970). Wood County Place Names (PDF). The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2018-03-27.

44°19′22″N89°50′03″W / 44.32278°N 89.83417°W / 44.32278; -89.83417