Rockmont, Wisconsin

Rockmont, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Rockmont is located in Wisconsin
Rockmont
Rockmont
Rockmont is located in the United States
Rockmont
Rockmont
Coordinates: 46°35′09″N 91°54′32″W / 46.58583°N 91.90889°W / 46.58583; -91.90889
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyDouglas
TownAmnicon
Elevation
299 m (981 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1577794[1]

Rockmont is an unincorporated community located in the town of Amnicon, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

History

A post office called Rockmont was established in 1897, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1911.[2] The community took its name from a rocky mound nearby.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Rockmont, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Douglas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 4, 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. 189.


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