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Afton is an unincorporated community in the Town of Rock, in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The town hall for the Town of Rock is in Afton.[2]

Afton, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°36′14″N 89°04′16″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Rock
Elevation	232 m (761 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	608
GNIS feature ID	1560708[1]

History

Originally called Middletown, the community was renamed in about 1857–8 after the poem Sweet Afton by Robert Burns.[3]

Notable people

Diane Hendricks, businesswoman, lives in Afton[4]
Ken Hendricks, businessman, lived in Afton
William Afton, businessman, alleged killer, lived in afton

Notes

"Afton, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
Town of Rock.
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. 35.
"Diane Hendricks". Forbes. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Janesville
Cities	Beloit Brodhead‡ Edgerton‡ Evansville Janesville Milton
Villages	Clinton Footville Orfordville
Towns	Avon Beloit Bradford Center Clinton Fulton Harmony Janesville Johnstown La Prairie Lima Magnolia Milton Newark Plymouth Porter Rock Spring Valley Turtle Union
CDPs	Fulton Hanover Shopiere
Other communities	Afton Anderson Avalon Avon Belcrest Bergen Cainville Center Charlie Bluff Cooksville Coopers Shores Crestview Emerald Grove Fairfield‡ Foxhollow Indianford Johnstown Johnstown Center Koshkonong‡ Leyden Lima Center Magnolia Maple Beach Newark Newville Porters Stebbinsville Tiffany Union Victory Heights
Former communities	Fellows Jefferson Prairie Settlement
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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