Loretta, Wisconsin

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Loretta, Wisconsin
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Loretta, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45°53′08″N90°51′11″W / 45.88556°N 90.85306°W / 45.88556; -90.85306 Coordinates: 45°53′08″N90°51′11″W / 45.88556°N 90.85306°W / 45.88556; -90.85306
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Sawyer
Elevation
441 m (1,447 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1579757 [1]

Loretta is an unincorporated community in the town of Draper, Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. Loretta is located on Wisconsin Highway 70 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Winter. It was named by Edward Hines, a lumberman, in 1892 for his wife and daughter, both named Loretta. [2]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Draper, Wisconsin Town in Wisconsin, United States

Draper is a town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 171 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Draper, Loretta, and Oxbo are located in the town.

Sawyer County, Wisconsin County in the United States

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Loretta, Wisconsin
  2. Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 160. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.