Lakefield, Wisconsin

Lakefield, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Lakefield, Wisconsin
Lakefield, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°17′42″N 87°55′32″W / 43.29500°N 87.92556°W / 43.29500; -87.92556Coordinates: 43°17′42″N 87°55′32″W / 43.29500°N 87.92556°W / 43.29500; -87.92556
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Ozaukee
Elevation 709 ft (216 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 262
GNIS feature ID 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]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=5180
  3. ↑ http://dhs.wi.gov/VitalRecords/pdf/cvtlist.pdf
  4. ↑ "Play the Name Game in Ozaukee". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 4 September 1967. pp. Part 5, Page 1. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  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. ↑ http://www.co.ozaukee.wi.us/history/octagonbarn.html


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