Brackett, Wisconsin

Brackett, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Brackett is located in Wisconsin
Brackett
Brackett
Brackett is located in the United States
Brackett
Brackett
Coordinates: 44°42′05″N 91°21′04″W / 44.70139°N 91.35111°W / 44.70139; -91.35111
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyEau Claire
Elevation
289 m (948 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1562120[1]

Brackett is an unincorporated community located on U.S. Route 53 in the town of Washington, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2] It was named for James M. Brackett, a newspaper editor and publisher. He was involved with the Eau Claire Free Press in the 1870s.[3]

Indie/Alternative band Bon Iver has a song called "Brackett, WI", which was featured on the 2009 charity compilation album Dark Was The Night.

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Brackett, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Brackett Populated Place Profile / EAU Claire County, Wisconsin Data".
  3. ^ Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.


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