Fourmile Creek (Wood County, Wisconsin)

Fourmile Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.[1]

Fourmile Creek was so named for its distance, four miles (6.4 km) from the original Grand Rapids townsite.[2] The name sometimes is spelled out "Four Mile Creek".[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fourmile Creek
  2. Rudolph, Robert S. (1970). Wood County Place Names (PDF). The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 28.


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