Hines, Wisconsin
Hines is located in Wisconsin
Hines
Hines
Hines is located in the United States
Hines
Hines
Coordinates: 46°32′35″N 91°54′30″W / 46.54306°N 91.90833°W / 46.54306; -91.90833
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyDouglas
TownHawthorne
Elevation
338 m (1,109 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1577644[1]

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

History

Hines contained a post office from 1903 until 1955.[2] The community was named for Edward Hines, a businessperson in the logging industry.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Hines, 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. 178.


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