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Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States
La Rue, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Public park and railroad siding in La RuePublic park and railroad siding in La Rue
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Coordinates: 43°26′10″N 89°53′22″W / 43.43611°N 89.88944°W / 43.43611; -89.88944
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountySauk
Elevation268 m (879 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code608
GNIS feature ID1577687

La Rue is a small unincorporated community in the town of Freedom, in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on a spur line of the former Chicago and North Western Railway. Heritage railway excursions from the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, in North Freedom, Wisconsin, go through La Rue.

The community was named for W. G. La Rue, who held local mining interests.

Notes

  1. ^ "LaRue, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Sauk Co (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  3. Cole, Harry Ellsworth (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 412.
Municipalities and communities of Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Baraboo
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