Official Name: | Barnum, Wisconsin |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Barnum |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Crawford |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Haney |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 705 |
Coordinates: | 43.2189°N -90.8396°W |
Area Code: | 608 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1561188 |
Barnum is an unincorporated community located in the town of Haney, in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. Barnum is on the Kickapoo River north of Steuben and is served by Wisconsin Highway 131. The community was founded around 1892 by Edward S. Barnum from Bristol, Ontario County, New York, who purchased land along the Kickapoo River in 1857.[1]