Stitzer, Wisconsin

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Stitzer, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 42°55′36″N90°37′23″W / 42.92667°N 90.62306°W / 42.92667; -90.62306 Coordinates: 42°55′36″N90°37′23″W / 42.92667°N 90.62306°W / 42.92667; -90.62306
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Grant
Town Liberty
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
53825 [1]
Area code 608

Stitzer is an unincorporated community in the town of Liberty in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. [2] [3]

History

A post office called Stitzer has been in operation since 1879. [4] The community was named for Bernard Stizer, a local farmer. [5]

Notes

  1. "Stitzer ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  2. "Stitzer, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. Stitzer, Wisconsin
  4. "Grant County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. 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. 127.


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