La Rue, Wisconsin

La Rue, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
La Rue, Wisconsin
La Rue, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°26′10″N 89°53′22″W / 43.43611°N 89.88944°W / 43.43611; -89.88944Coordinates: 43°26′10″N 89°53′22″W / 43.43611°N 89.88944°W / 43.43611; -89.88944
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Sauk
Elevation 879 ft (268 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID 1577687[1]

La Rue is a small unincorporated community in the town of Freedom, in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2] It is located on a spur line of the former Chicago and North Western Railway. Heritage railway excursions from the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, in North Freedom, Wisconsin, go through La Rue.

The community was named for W. G. La Rue, who held local mining interests.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "LaRue, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Sauk County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  3. ↑ Cole, Harry Ellsworth (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 412.


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