Afton, Wisconsin




Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States






































Afton, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community



Afton, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin

Afton, Wisconsin

Afton, Wisconsin




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Afton, Wisconsin is located in the United States

Afton, Wisconsin

Afton, Wisconsin




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Coordinates: 42°36′14″N 89°04′16″W / 42.60389°N 89.07111°W / 42.60389; -89.07111Coordinates: 42°36′14″N 89°04′16″W / 42.60389°N 89.07111°W / 42.60389; -89.07111
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Rock
Elevation

761 ft (232 m)
Time zone
UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)
UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608

GNIS feature ID
1560708[1]

Afton is an unincorporated community in the Town of Rock, in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The town hall for the Town of Rock is in Afton.[2]



History


Originally called Middletown, the community was renamed in about 1857–8 after the poem Sweet Afton by Robert Burns.[3]



Notable people




  • Diane Hendricks, businesswoman, lives in Afton[4]


  • Ken Hendricks, businessman, lived in Afton



Notes





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  2. ^ Town of Rock.


  3. ^ 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. 35.


  4. ^ "Diane Hendricks". Forbes. Retrieved 24 February 2015.












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