North Cape, Wisconsin

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NorthCape
Location within the state of Wisconsin
Coordinates: 42°46′43″N88°04′15″W / 42.77861°N 88.07083°W / 42.77861; -88.07083
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Racine
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 262

North Cape (also Northcape) is an unincorporated community in the towns of Norway and Raymond, in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2] [3]

Adam Apple (1831–1905), a politician, lived on a farm in North Cape. [4]

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References

  1. "North Cape, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Wisconsin Department of Transportation-Racine County, Wisconsin
  3. "Wisconsin Cities, Villages, Townships and Unincorporated Places Listing" (PDF). January 26, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  4. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1893,' Biographical Sketch of Adam Apple, pg. 627