Split Rock, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:Split Rock, Wisconsin
Pushpin Map:Wisconsin#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Shawano
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:965
Coordinates:44.705°N -89.0258°W
Area Code:715 & 534
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1574566

Split Rock (also Splitrock) is an unincorporated community located in the town of Fairbanks, Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. Split Rock is located on County Highway SS near its junction with U.S. Route 45, 3miles southeast of Tigerton.[1]

History

A post office called Split Rock was established in 1889, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1935.[2] The community was supposedly named for a nearby rock which had split in half.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Shawano County. 2011. 2011-04-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110815173128/http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/shawano.pdf. 2011-08-15.
  2. Web site: Shawano County . Jim Forte Postal History . 29 March 2015.
  3. Book: Chicago and North Western Railway Company. A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. 1908. 126.