Alaska,_Wisconsin

Alaska, Wisconsin

Alaska, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

Alaska 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]

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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]

  • Sign on WIS 42 in August
  • Sign on WIS 42 in February
  • Lakeside picnic tables in February

References

  1. [1]
    "Alaska". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Kewaunee County's Parks & Campgrounds". Visit Kewaunee County. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  3. [3]
    "MSR Maps". United States Geographical Survey. Microsoft. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  4. [4]
    "Alaskan Golf Club". Golf Wisconsin. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  5. [5]
    "Towns named after states". Reading Eagle. July 2, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  6. [6]
    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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