Reifs Mills, Wisconsin

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Reifs Mills, Wisconsin
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Reifs Mills, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°10′56″N87°47′57″W / 44.18222°N 87.79917°W / 44.18222; -87.79917
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Manitowoc
Elevation
229 m (751 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1572190 [1]

Reifs Mills is an unincorporated community located in the towns of Franklin and Kossuth, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

The community was named after the Reif brothers, proprietors of a local mill. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Reifs Mills, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Rappel, Joseph J. (1948). A Centennial History of the Manitowoc County School Districts and Its Public School System, 1848-1948. Manitowoc Engraving. p. 74. ...got its name from the fact that the Reif brothers owned and operated grist and saw mills...



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