Price, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Coordinates: 44°34′54″N 91°03′17″W / 44.58167°N 91.05472°W

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Price, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°34′54″N 91°03′17″W / 44.58167°N 91.05472°W / 44.58167; -91.05472
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Jackson
Town	Garfield
Elevation	331 m (1,086 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	715 & 534
GNIS feature ID	1571927^[1]

Price is an unincorporated community located in the town of Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States. Price is located along U.S. Route 10 5 miles (8.0 km) west-southwest of Fairchild.^[2]

History

A post office called Price was established in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.^[3] The community was named for William T. Price, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.^[4]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Price, Jackson County, Wisconsin
^ Jackson County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
^ "Jackson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
^ 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. 187.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Black River Falls
City	Black River Falls
Villages	Alma Center Hixton Melrose Merrillan Taylor
Towns	Adams Albion Alma Bear Bluff Brockway City Point Cleveland Curran Franklin Garden Valley Garfield Hixton Irving Knapp Komensky Manchester Melrose Millston North Bend Northfield Springfield
CDPs	Hatfield Millston Mission Sand Pillow
Other communities	Brockway Buckholz Corners City Point Disco Fall Hall Glen Franklin Levis North Bend North Branch Northfield Pray Price Requa Sechlerville Shamrock Sheppard Spaulding Speck Oaks Vaudreuil Waterbury York
Ghost towns	Charter Oak Mills Clay Rogneys Wrightsville
Indian reservation	Ho-Chunk Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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