Hines, Wisconsin

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Hines, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°32′35″N91°54′30″W / 46.54306°N 91.90833°W / 46.54306; -91.90833
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Douglas
Town Hawthorne
Elevation
338 m (1,109 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1577644 [1]

Hines is an unincorporated community located in the town of Hawthorne, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

History

Hines contained a post office from 1903 until 1955. [2] The community was named for Edward Hines, a businessperson in the logging industry. [3]

Photograph of Bull Chain at Hines - NARA - 2128652 Photograph of Bull Chain at Hines - NARA - 2128652.jpg
Photograph of Bull Chain at Hines - NARA - 2128652

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Hines, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Douglas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 4, 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. 178.


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