Kalinke, Wisconsin

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Kalinke, Wisconsin
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Kalinke, Wisconsin
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Kalinke, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45°01′50″N89°23′49″W / 45.03056°N 89.39694°W / 45.03056; -89.39694
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Marathon
Elevation
446 m (1,463 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1577670 [1]

Kalinke is an unincorporated community located in the town of Hewitt, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The community is named for Gottlieb Kalinke, the farmer who had owned the land surrounding the community. The original red brick Kalinke house still stands there today [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Kalinke, 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. 136. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.