Blenker, Wisconsin

Blenker, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Looking south in Blenker
Blenker, Wisconsin
Blenker, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°36′48″N 89°54′54″W / 44.61333°N 89.91500°W / 44.61333; -89.91500
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Wood
Elevation 1,184 ft (361 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID 1561919[1]

Blenker is an unincorporated community in the town of Milladore, in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States.[2]

History

A post office has been in operation at Blenker since 1886.[3][4] The community was named after John Blenker, a shopkeeper and the first postmaster.[5] The community once had a schoolhouse, the Blenker School.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Blenker". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ CH. XXVII Sherry and Sherry Station History of Wood County, Wisconsin
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Rudolph, Robert S. (1970). Wood County Place Names (PDF). The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 11.
  5. ↑ Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blenker School (historical)

Coordinates: 44°36′48″N 89°54′54″W / 44.61333°N 89.91500°W / 44.61333; -89.91500


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