Leonards, Wisconsin

Leonards, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Leonards
Leonards
Coordinates: 46°10′11″N 91°19′17″W / 46.16972°N 91.32139°W / 46.16972; -91.32139Coordinates: 46°10′11″N 91°19′17″W / 46.16972°N 91.32139°W / 46.16972; -91.32139
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Bayfield
Town Cable
Elevation 1,306 ft (398 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 and 534
GNIS feature ID 1579645[1]

Leonards is an unincorporated community located in the town of Cable, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

History

A post office called Leonard was in operation from 1899 until 1905.[2] The community was named for F. C. Leonard, a businessperson in the logging industry.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Leonards, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Bayfield County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 April 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. 181.


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