Rockmont, Wisconsin
Rockmont is located in Wisconsin
Rockmont
Rockmont
Rockmont is located in the United States
Rockmont
Rockmont
Coordinates: 46°35′09″N 91°54′32″W / 46.58583°N 91.90889°W / 46.58583; -91.90889
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyDouglas
TownAmnicon
Elevation
299 m (981 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1577794[1]

Rockmont is an unincorporated community located in the town of Amnicon, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

History

A post office called Rockmont was established in 1897, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1911.[2] The community took its name from a rocky mound nearby.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Rockmont, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Douglas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  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. 189.


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