Leyden, Wisconsin

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Leyden, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Leyden, Wisconsin
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Leyden, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 42°43′51″N89°07′44″W / 42.73083°N 89.12889°W / 42.73083; -89.12889
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Rock
Elevation
272 m (892 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1568004 [1]

Leyden is an unincorporated community located in the town of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

History

A post office called Leyden was established in 1850, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903. [2] The community was named after Leiden, in the Netherlands. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Leyden, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Rock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. 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. 91.


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