Dancy, Wisconsin

Dancy, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Looking east in Dancy on County Highway C
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Coordinates: 44°41′16″N 89°42′47″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Marathon
Elevation	344 m (1,129 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	715 and 534
GNIS feature ID	1563694[1]

Dancy (also Hutchinson Station, Juleson) is an unincorporated community located in the town of Knowlton, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1]

History

Originally known as Hutchinson for its first postmaster, the name was changed in the 1880s to honor Thorton Dancy, a superintendent for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.^[2]

Notes

1. "Dancy, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.