Lakefield, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:Lakefield, Wisconsin
Pushpin Map:Wisconsin#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ozaukee
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:709
Coordinates:43.295°N -87.9256°W
Postal Code:53024
Area Code:262
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1567768[1]

Lakefield is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Grafton in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] [3] Lakefield is located at the intersection of County T (Lakefield Road) and County W (Port Washington Road).

History

Lakefield took its name from the nearby lake and fields.[4]

The Lakefield area was once home to several octagonal barns built by Ernst Clausing, an immigrant from Saxony. Clausing built them in the 1890s.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. Web site: Lakefield, Ozaukee Co. . www.wisconsinhistory.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611162440/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=5180 . 2011-06-11.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-12-24 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091227021609/http://www.dhs.wi.gov/VitalRecords/pdf/cvtlist.pdf . 2009-12-27 .
  4. News: Play the Name Game in Ozaukee . . 4 September 1967 . 23 April 2015 . Part 5, Page 1.
  5. Bertha Kitchell Whyte, "Octagonal Houses and Barns". Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 42-46 (1950) http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wmh&CISOPTR=19240&CISOSHOW=19218&REC=4
  6. Ozaukee County. Octagonal Barns.