Alaska, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States
44°32′26″N 87°30′04″W / 44.54056°N 87.50111°W / 44.54056; -87.50111Alaska is an unincorporated community located on Wisconsin Highway 42 in the town of Pierce, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.[1] Alaska falls between East Alaska Lake and West Alaska Lake and is an important tourist and fishing spot.[2] As well as home to Troop 3 Alaska in the area, it is also home to the Alaskan Golf Club, a public course located on East Alaska Lake.[3][4]
The community was named after the Alaska Territory,[5] and was done so because the community's post office was established the same year that the United States acquired Alaska from Russia.[6]
Gallery
- Sign on WIS 42 in August
- Sign on WIS 42 in February
- Lakeside picnic tables in February
References
- ^ a b "Alaska". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
- ^ "Kewaunee County's Parks & Campgrounds". Visit Kewaunee County. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "MSR Maps". United States Geographical Survey. Microsoft. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Alaskan Golf Club". Golf Wisconsin. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Towns named after states". Reading Eagle. July 2, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ^ Gard, Robert (2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names (2nd ed.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-87020-707-5.
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Municipalities and communities of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Kewaunee
- Ahnapee
- Carlton
- Casco
- Franklin
- Lincoln
- Luxemburg
- Montpelier
- Pierce
- Red River
- West Kewaunee
communities
- Black Earth
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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