Stebbinsville, Wisconsin

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Stebbinsville, Wisconsin
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Stebbinsville, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 42°50′40″N89°10′23″W / 42.84444°N 89.17306°W / 42.84444; -89.17306 Coordinates: 42°50′40″N89°10′23″W / 42.84444°N 89.17306°W / 42.84444; -89.17306
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County Rock
Elevation
249 m (817 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID1577837 [1]

Stebbinsville is an unincorporated community in the town of Porter, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Porter, Wisconsin Town in Wisconsin, United States

Porter is a town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 925 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Cooksville and Stebbinsville are located in the town.

Rock County, Wisconsin County in the United States

Rock County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 160,331. Its county seat is Janesville.

History

In 1867, Harrison Stebbins, farmer and politician, built a grist mill in Stebbinsville and later served as chairman of the Porter Town Board. [2] Stebbinsville was named in his honor.

Harrison Stebbins was a farmer, teacher, and politician.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Stebbinsville, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin . Chicago: Acme Publishing Company, 1889. pp. 714-716.


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