Rockmont, Wisconsin

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Rockmont, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°35′09″N91°54′32″W / 46.58583°N 91.90889°W / 46.58583; -91.90889
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Douglas
Town Amnicon
Elevation
299 m (981 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1577794 [1]

Rockmont is an unincorporated community located in the town of Amnicon, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

History

A post office called Rockmont was established in 1897, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1911. [2] The community took its name from a rocky mound nearby. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Rockmont, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Douglas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 189.
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