Hopokoekau Beach, Wisconsin

Hopokoekau Beach, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Hopokoekau Beach, Wisconsin
Hopokoekau Beach, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°49′20″N 88°23′16″W / 43.82222°N 88.38778°W / 43.82222; -88.38778Coordinates: 43°49′20″N 88°23′16″W / 43.82222°N 88.38778°W / 43.82222; -88.38778
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Fond du Lac
Elevation 751 ft (229 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 920
GNIS feature ID 1566691[1]

Hopokoekau Beach is an unincorporated community in the town of Taycheedah, Fond du Lac County, United States.[1]

History

The community was named after Hopokoekau, the wife of Sabrevoir de Carrie, a mid-eighteenth century French Canadian army officer.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Hopokoekau Beach, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.


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