Stebbinsville, Wisconsin

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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
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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County Rock
Elevation
249 m (817 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1577837 [1]

Stebbinsville is an unincorporated community in the town of Porter, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] 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. It is also the site of the Gilley-Tofsland Octagonal Barn. Gilley was a son-in-law of Stebbins.

Notes

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


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