Koshkonong (community), Wisconsin

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Koshkonong, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 42°50′46″N88°55′09″W / 42.84611°N 88.91917°W / 42.84611; -88.91917
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
Counties Jefferson, Rock
Towns Koshkonong, Milton
Elevation
251 m (823 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1567627 [1]

Koshkonong is an unincorporated community located in the towns of Koshkonong, Jefferson County and Milton, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

History

A post office called Koshkonong operated between 1839 and 1935. [2] The community took its name from nearby Lake Koshkonong. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Koshkonong, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Rock 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. 90.


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