Glendale (community), Monroe County, Wisconsin

Glendale, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Glendale, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Glendale, Wisconsin
Glendale, Wisconsin
Glendale, Wisconsin is located in the United States
Glendale, Wisconsin
Glendale, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°46′56″N 90°20′44″W / 43.78222°N 90.34556°W / 43.78222; -90.34556
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyMonroe
Elevation
324 m (1,063 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code608
GNIS feature ID1565569[1]

Glendale is an unincorporated community in the town of Glendale, Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

History

A post office called Glendale was established in 1856, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1926.[2] The name Glendale was selected by an early settler from a book he had read.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Glendale (community), Monroe County, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 18, 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. 78.


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