Glendale (community), Monroe County, Wisconsin

Glendale, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Glendale, Wisconsin
Glendale, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°46′56″N 90°20′44″W / 43.78222°N 90.34556°W / 43.78222; -90.34556Coordinates: 43°46′56″N 90°20′44″W / 43.78222°N 90.34556°W / 43.78222; -90.34556
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Monroe
Elevation 1,063 ft (324 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID 1565569[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. 1 2 "Glendale (community), Monroe County, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 March 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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