Grimms, Wisconsin

Grimms, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Grimms, Wisconsin
Grimms, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°08′46″N 87°54′06″W / 44.14611°N 87.90167°W / 44.14611; -87.90167Coordinates: 44°08′46″N 87°54′06″W / 44.14611°N 87.90167°W / 44.14611; -87.90167
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Manitowoc
Elevation 840 ft (260 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 920
GNIS feature ID 1577623[1]

Grimms is an unincorporated community located in the town of Cato, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

History

A post office called Grimms was established in 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.[2] Grimms was named in honor of a local pioneer settler.[3]

Thomas Gleeson, farmer and Wisconsin State Assemblyman, lived in Grimms.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Grimms, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Manitowoc County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 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. 80.
  4. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1881,' Biographical Sketch of Thomas Gleeson, pg. 515


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