Ipswich, Wisconsin

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Ipswich, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Ipswich
Coordinates: 42°42′27″N90°24′37″W / 42.70750°N 90.41028°W / 42.70750; -90.41028
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Lafayette
Town Elk Grove
Elevation
1,033 ft (315 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1577658 [1]

Ipswich is an unincorporated community located in the town of Elk Grove, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

History

A post office called Ipswich was established in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1921. [2] The community was named after the town of Ipswich in England via Ipswich, Massachusetts. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Ipswich, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Lafayette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 21, 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. 86.


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