Salona, Wisconsin

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Salona, Wisconsin
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Salona
Location within the state of Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°44′44″N87°21′23″W / 44.74556°N 87.35639°W / 44.74556; -87.35639 Coordinates: 44°44′44″N87°21′23″W / 44.74556°N 87.35639°W / 44.74556; -87.35639
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State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Door
Town Clay Banks
Elevation
669 ft (204 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 920
GNIS feature ID1578073 [1]

Salona is an unincorporated community located 512 miles south of the city of Sturgeon Bay in the town of Clay Banks, in southern Door County, Wisconsin. [1] County Highway U connects the community to Sturgeon Bay going northbound and Algoma going southbound. [2]

Sign placed by the Salona Woman's Club in 1976 at the corner of County Trunk U and Salona Road Salona Door County Wisconsin Sign.jpg
Sign placed by the Salona Woman's Club in 1976 at the corner of County Trunk U and Salona Road

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References

  1. 1 2 "Salona". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  2. "Topographic map". United States Geographical Survey . Microsoft Research Maps . Retrieved 2009-07-10.