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
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 code(s)715 & 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.
  2. Allen, Wisconsin
  3. Our Story, Vol V - Communities draw names from men, places, events


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