Mount Zion, Wisconsin

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Mount Zion, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°15′24″N90°44′01″W / 43.25667°N 90.73361°W / 43.25667; -90.73361 Coordinates: 43°15′24″N90°44′01″W / 43.25667°N 90.73361°W / 43.25667; -90.73361
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Crawford
Town Scott
Elevation
360 m (1,181 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID1569861 [1]

Mount Zion is an unincorporated community in the town of Scott, Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. Mount Zion is located on U.S. Route 61 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-southeast of Bell Center. [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.

Scott, Crawford County, Wisconsin Town in Wisconsin, United States

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Zion, Wisconsin
  2. ↑ Crawford County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation . Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  3. ↑ http://www.thecityofabsurdity.com/straightstory/intmilwaukee.html


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