Askeaton, Wisconsin

Askeaton is an unincorporated community located in the town of Holland, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. Askeaton is located southeast of Wrightstown at the intersection of County Z and St. Pat's Church Road. The town hall for the Town of Holland is located in Askeaton.[2][3]

Askeaton, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Looking west down the Niagara Escarpment from Askeaton
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Coordinates: 44°16′15.7362″N 88°05′44.0412″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Brown
Town	Holland
Elevation	226 m (741 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	920
GNIS feature ID	1577498[1]

Etymology

The name Askeaton is of Ojibwe origin. It is derived from ashkiodon 'raw mouth'.[4]

"Askeaton" is also the name of a small village in southwestern Ireland near Limerick. By the late 1800s, a large number of Irish immigrants had immigrated to this area of Brown County,[5] and founded one of Askeaton's most prominent landmarks, St. Patrick's Church.[6] St. Patrick's church is served by priests of St. Clare's parish.[7]

Images

• 
  Town Hall for Town of Holland which is just across the road from St. Patrick's Church
• 
  Looking east from Askeaton

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Askeaton, Wisconsin
2. "Location of Askeaton". Google Maps. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
3. Wisconsin Department of Ransportation-Brown County, Wisconsin map Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
4. Verwyst, Chrysostom. 1892. "Geographical Names in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, Having a Chippewa Origin." Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin 12: 390–398.
5. http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~dalbello/FLVA/background/art%20images/ethnicmap.html
6. https://archive.org/stream/catholicchurchin00hemi/catholicchurchin00hemi_djvu.txt
7. "St Clare Parish, diocese of Green Bay".