Allen, Wisconsin

Allen is an unincorporated community in the town of Clear Creek in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2] It lies almost exactly midway between Cleghorn and Foster, at the southern junction of Eau Claire County Highways "D" and "V".

Allen, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Allen is located in Wisconsin
Allen
Allen
Allen is located in the United States
Allen
Allen
Coordinates: 44°39′41″N 91°22′01″W
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyEau Claire
Elevation
298 m (978 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1560767[1]

The community was named after one of its early settlers, Charles Allen, on whose property the community was built, in approximately 1870.[3] In 1913, the Fairchild and North-Eastern Railway was extended to Cleghorn via Allen.

Notes
  1. "Allen, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Allen, Wisconsin
  3. Our Story, Vol V - Communities draw names from men, places, events


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