Askeaton, Wisconsin
Askeaton, Wisconsin | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Looking west down the Niagara Escarpment from Askeaton | |
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Coordinates: 44°16′15.7362″N 88°05′44.0412″W / 44.271037833°N 88.095567000°WCoordinates: 44°16′15.7362″N 88°05′44.0412″W / 44.271037833°N 88.095567000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Brown |
Town | Holland |
Elevation | 741 ft (226 m) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Area code(s) | 920 |
GNIS feature ID | 1577498[1] |
Askeaton is an unincorporated community located in the town of Holland, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. Askeaton is located southeast of Wrightstown at the intersection of County Z and St. Pat's Church Road. The town hall for the Town of Holland is located in Askeaton.[2][3]
Name
The name Askeaton is of Ojibwe origin. It is derived from ashkiodon 'raw mouth'.[4]
"Askeaton" is also the name of a small village in southwestern Ireland near Limerick. By the late 1800s, a large number of Irish immigrants had immigrated to this area of Brown County,[5] and founded one of Askeaton's most prominent landmarks, St. Patrick's Church.[6] St Patrick's church is served by priests of St Clare's parish.[7]
Images
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Town Hall for Town of Holland which is just across the road from St. Patrick's Church
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Looking east from Askeaton
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Askeaton, Wisconsin
- ↑ "Location of Askeaton". Google Maps. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ↑ Wisconsin Department of Ransportation-Brown County, Wisconsin map Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Verwyst, Chrysostom. 1892. "Geographical Names in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, Having a Chippewa Origin." Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin 12: 390–398.
- ↑ http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~dalbello/FLVA/background/art%20images/ethnicmap.html
- ↑ https://archive.org/stream/catholicchurchin00hemi/catholicchurchin00hemi_djvu.txt
- ↑ "St Clare Parish, diocese of Green Bay.".