Graytown, Wisconsin

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Graytown, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 45°11′58″N92°07′38″W / 45.19944°N 92.12722°W / 45.19944; -92.12722
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
Counties Barron, Dunn
Towns Vance Creek, New Haven
Elevation
324 m (1,063 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1565791 [1]

Graytown is an unincorporated community located in the towns of New Haven in Dunn County and Vance Creek in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The community was named for Aaron B. Gray, a New Yorker who had opened a hotel in the mid-1870s. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Graytown, 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. p. 108. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.


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