Calhoun, Wisconsin

Calhoun, Wisconsin

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==History==
==History==
[[File:Calhoun,_Wisconsin.jpg|thumb|Calhoun, Wisconsin in 2025|left]]
[[File:Calhoun,_Wisconsin.jpg|thumb|Calhoun, Wisconsin in 2025|left]]
A post office was established as Calhoun in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Waukesha | title=Waukesha County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 February 2015}} The community was named for George E. Calhoun, the original owner of the town site.{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50|year=1908|page=50}}
A post office was established as Calhoun in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Waukesha | title=Waukesha County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 February 2015}} The community was named for George Edward Calhoun, the original owner of the town site.{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50|year=1908|page=50}}


==References==
==References==