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Lund, Wisconsin

Coordinates: 44°32′23″N 92°12′22″W / 44.53972°N 92.20611°W / 44.53972; -92.20611
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Lund, Wisconsin
Lund, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Lund, Wisconsin
Lund, Wisconsin
Lund, Wisconsin is located in the United States
Lund, Wisconsin
Lund, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°32′23″N 92°12′22″W / 44.53972°N 92.20611°W / 44.53972; -92.20611
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyPepin, Pierce
Elevation
347 m (1,138 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1568805[1]
Pierce County
Pepin County

Lund is an unincorporated community located in two counties of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The community lies on the county line between Pepin County, in the town of Pepin, and Pierce County, in the town of Maiden Rock, in central western Wisconsin, along the junctions of County Trunk Highway SS (CTH-SS), CTH-CC(formerly WIS 183), and CTH-J. Lund is approximately nine miles northwest of Pepin and six miles northeast of Stockholm, Wisconsin.[1][2]

History

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The community was named after Lund, Sweden.

The birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder,[3] romanticized in her book Little House in the Big Woods, is about one mile southeast of Lund, and is commemorated at the nearby Little House Wayside.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Lund, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Lund, Wisconsin
  3. ^ Explore Wisconsin