Fivemile Creek (Wood County, Wisconsin)

Fivemile Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.[1]

Fivemile Creek was so named for its distance, five miles (8.0 km) from the original Grand Rapids townsite.[2] The name sometimes is spelled out "Five Mile Creek".[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fivemile Creek
  2. Rudolph, Robert S. (1970). Wood County Place Names (PDF). The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 27.



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