Lakefield is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Grafton in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.[2][3] Lakefield is located at the intersection of County T (Lakefield Road) and County W (Port Washington Road).
Lakefield, Wisconsin | |
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  Lakefield, Wisconsin  Lakefield, Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates: 43°17′42″N 87°55′32″W / 43.29500°N 87.92556°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Ozaukee |
| Elevation | 216 m (709 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 262 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1567768[1] |
History
editLakefield took its name from the nearby lake and fields.[4]
The Lakefield area was once home to several octagonal barns built by Ernst Clausing, an immigrant from Saxony. Clausing built them in the 1890s.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Lakefield, Ozaukee Co". www.wisconsinhistory.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2009. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Play the Name Game in Ozaukee". The Milwaukee Sentinel. September 4, 1967. pp. Part 5, Page 1. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ Bertha Kitchell Whyte, "Octagonal Houses and Barns". Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 42-46 (1950) http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wmh&CISOPTR=19240&CISOSHOW=19218&REC=4
- ^ Ozaukee County. Octagonal Barns.
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