Leonards, Wisconsin

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Leonards, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°10′11″N91°19′17″W / 46.16972°N 91.32139°W / 46.16972; -91.32139
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Bayfield
Town Cable
Elevation
398 m (1,306 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1579645 [1]

Leonards is an unincorporated community located in the town of Cable, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

History

A post office called Leonard was in operation from 1899 until 1905. [2] The community was named for F. C. Leonard, a businessperson in the logging industry. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Leonards, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Bayfield 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. 181.
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