Quinney, Wisconsin

Quinney, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Looking north at Quinney on WIS 55
Quinney
Quinney
Coordinates: 44°00′52″N 88°18′26″W / 44.01444°N 88.30722°W / 44.01444; -88.30722Coordinates: 44°00′52″N 88°18′26″W / 44.01444°N 88.30722°W / 44.01444; -88.30722
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Calumet
Town Stockbridge
Elevation 869 ft (265 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 920
GNIS feature ID 1577782[1]

Quinney is an unincorporated community in the town of Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is located along Wisconsin Highway 55 approximately one mile (1 km) north of its southern terminus. The Military Ridge Road ran through the community. Quinney was named for Austin E. and John W. Quinney who were two Mohican brothers who led a group of settlers from New York in the 1820s.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Quinney, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.


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