Dale (CDP), Wisconsin

Dale
Census-designated place

Downtown Dale
Coordinates: 44°16′23″N 88°40′42″W / 44.27306°N 88.67833°W / 44.27306; -88.67833Coordinates: 44°16′23″N 88°40′42″W / 44.27306°N 88.67833°W / 44.27306; -88.67833
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Outagamie
Area
  Total 1.492 sq mi (3.86 km2)
  Land 1.492 sq mi (3.86 km2)
  Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation[1] 814 ft (248 m)
Population (2010)
  Total 528
  Density 350/sq mi (140/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP Codes 54931
Area code(s) 920
FIPS code Class Code U6[1]
GNIS feature ID 1563669[1]

Dale is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Dale in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 96 and County T.[2] As of the 2010 census, its population was 528.[3]

History

Ssettlers who would plat the land comprising the community of Dale arrived between 1851 and 1853, and approximately twenty families arrived between the fall of 1853 and June 1854, establishing a solid population.[4] Dale was founded and platted along the proposed Manitowoc and Mississippi Railroad line,[5] which consolidated with the Wisconsin Central Railroad in 1871.[6] Rail construction on the right of way by the Wisconsin Central reached Dale in 1872.[7]

Early in its history, the community was called Poker Flat[8] in addition to Dale, for what a 1923 newspaper article terms "an unknown reason".[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dale, Wisconsin". Wisconsin Hometown Locator. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  2. "Location of Dale". Mapquest. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  3. "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  4. "History of Dale, Wisconsin". history.rays-place.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  5. LLC., Historic Map Works. "Wisconsin 1857 Milwaukee and Superior Railroads 17x12, Atlas: Wisconsin 1857 Milwaukee and Superior Railroads, Wisconsin Historical Map". www.historicmapworks.com. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  6. Matteson, Clark S. (1893-01-01). The History of Wisconsin: From Prehistoric to Present Periods ; the Story of the State in Interspersed with Realistic and Romantic Events. Wisconsin Historical Publishing Company.
  7. "Dale and Medina Grew From Good Farmland". New London Press Gazette. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  8. Zehner, David J. (1989). The History of Dale (Poker Flat) and Medina (Young's Corner.). John Habermann.
  9. "The Post-Crescent from Appleton, Wisconsin · Page 7". Newspapers.com. 1923-07-16. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
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