Alaska, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

44°32′26″N 87°30′04″W / 44.54056°N 87.50111°W / 44.54056; -87.50111Country

United StatesState

WisconsinCountyKewauneeTownPierceElevation

220 m (722 ft)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code920GNIS feature ID1560724^[1]

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]

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]

Gallery

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

References

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