Loreta, Wisconsin

Loreto, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Loreto, Wisconsin
Loreto, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°20′44″N 90°06′26″W / 43.34556°N 90.10722°W / 43.34556; -90.10722Coordinates: 43°20′44″N 90°06′26″W / 43.34556°N 90.10722°W / 43.34556; -90.10722
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Sauk
Elevation 1,165 ft (355 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID 1577708[1]

Loreta is an unincorporated community in the town of Bear Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The community is usually known as "Loreto", sometimes spelled "Loretto".[2][3][4][5][6] It was named after Loreto, Italy.[7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Loreta, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles. "Sauk Co." map. 2013. Accessed August 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Township 10. N., Range 3 E. - Loreto" in Sauk County 1921. Sauk County Publishing, 1921. Accessed August 31, 2013.
  4. ↑ The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison: Democrat Printing Co., 1905, p. 618, p. 628. Accessed August 31, 2013.
  5. ↑ United States Official Postal Guide. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon, 1906, p. 156, p. 554. Accessed August 31, 2013.
  6. ↑ H. E. Cole. Baraboo and Other Place Names in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Baraboo, WI: Baraboo News Publishing, 1912, p. 33. Accessed August 31, 2013. Accessed August 31, 2013.
  7. ↑ Cole, Harry Ellsworth (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 413.


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