Eau Galle (community), Dunn County, Wisconsin

Eau Galle, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Eau Galle
Coordinates: 44°41′32″N 92°00′42″W / 44.69222°N 92.01167°W / 44.69222; -92.01167Coordinates: 44°41′32″N 92°00′42″W / 44.69222°N 92.01167°W / 44.69222; -92.01167
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Dunn
Town Eau Galle
Elevation 761 ft (232 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 54737
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID 1564409[1]

Eau Galle is an unincorporated community located, in the town of Eau Galle, in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. Eau Galle is 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Durand. Eau Galle has a post office with ZIP code 54737.[2]

Although Eau Galle is sometimes said to mean "bitter water",[3] the name is adapted from the original name for the Eau Galle River: (Rivière) au Galet, meaning "(river) with the gravel-bank".[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eau Galle (community), Dunn County, Wisconsin
  2. ZIP Code Lookup
  3. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 113.
  4. Boyd, Robert K. (1998). Early conditions of the Chippewa Valley. At the mouth of what is now called the Eau Galle River, they found a heavy gravel bar, called galet (pronounced galay) in their language, and so they called the stream La Rivière au Galet, the River of the Gravel Bank.


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