Nix Corner, Wisconsin

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Nix Corner, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°38′48″N91°20′50″W / 44.64667°N 91.34722°W / 44.64667; -91.34722
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Eau Claire
Elevation
1,066 ft (325 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1846716 [1]

Nix Corner is an unincorporated community in the town of Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

History

In 1871 Andrew Nix immigrated from Germany to Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. Finding very favorable conditions for starting a new life in America he wrote to encourage his half brother, John Hubert Nix, to also immigrate to America. John and his wife, Anna Marie, followed Andrew in 1873. Both Andrew and John bought farmland in Eau Claire County adjacent to each other. Being devout Catholics and having no church available to their vicinity, John built a church on his land near his home. The church attracted other Catholics living on the surrounding farms to Sunday services and John Nix' home became a hub for what evolved into a scattered informal farm community. John's house, being at a crossroads, inspired the name for this community, "Nix Corners." [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Nix Corner, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "The Nix Family History" compiled and written in the 1970's by descendants of the original Nix's who immigrated to Eau Claire County. Wisconsin, in 1873.
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