Kurth, Wisconsin

Kurth, Wisconsin
Ghost town
Kurth
Coordinates: 44°34′27″N 90°29′48″W / 44.57417°N 90.49667°W / 44.57417; -90.49667Coordinates: 44°34′27″N 90°29′48″W / 44.57417°N 90.49667°W / 44.57417; -90.49667
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Clark
Town	Grant
Elevation	1,079 ft (329 m)
GNIS feature ID	1837683^[1]

Kurth is a ghost town in the town of Grant, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States. Kurth is 2 miles (3.2 km) west-southwest of Granton. The community appeared on USGS maps as late as 1954.^[1]

History

The community was named for Robert Kurth, a grain merchant.^[2]

Notes

1 2 "Kurth (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 180.

Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Neillsville

Cities	Abbotsford‡ Colby‡ Greenwood Loyal Neillsville Owen Stanley‡ Thorp

Villages	Curtiss Dorchester‡ Granton Unity‡ Withee

Towns	Beaver Butler Colby Dewhurst Eaton Foster Fremont Grant Green Grove Hendren Hewett Hixon Hoard Levis Longwood Loyal Lynn Mayville Mead Mentor Pine Valley Reseburg Seif Sherman Sherwood Thorp Unity Warner Washburn Weston Withee Worden York

CDPs	Chili Humbird

Unincorporated communities	Atwood Bright Christie Clark Columbia Eadsville Eidsvold Globe Hemlock Junction Lombard Longwood Lynn Nevins Reseburg Riplinger Sherwood Shortville Sidney Spokeville Tioga Veefkind Willard

Ghost towns	Kurth Maple Works Trow Worden

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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