Lund, Wisconsin

Lund, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Lund, Wisconsin
Lund, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°32′23″N 92°12′22″W / 44.53972°N 92.20611°W / 44.53972; -92.20611Coordinates: 44°32′23″N 92°12′22″W / 44.53972°N 92.20611°W / 44.53972; -92.20611
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Pepin, Pierce
Elevation 1,138 ft (347 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID 1568805[1]
Pierce County
Pepin County

Lund is an unincorporated community located in two counties of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The community lies on the county line between Pepin County, in the town of Pepin, and Pierce County, in the town of Maiden Rock, in central western Wisconsin, along the junctions of county highways "SS", "CC" (formerly WIS 183), and "J". Lund is approximately nine miles northwest of Pepin and six miles northeast of Stockholm, Wisconsin.[1][2]

History

The community was named after Lund, Sweden.

The birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder,[3] romanticized in her book Little House in the Big Woods, is about one mile southeast of Lund, and is commemorated at the nearby Little House Wayside.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Lund, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Lund, Wisconsin
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