Eau Galle (community), Dunn County, Wisconsin - USA

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Eau Galle is an unincorporated community located in the town of Eau Galle, in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. Eau Galle is 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Durand. Eau Galle has a post office with ZIP code 54737.[2]

Eau Galle, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°41′32″N 92°00′42″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dunn
Town	Eau Galle
Elevation	232 m (761 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	54737
Area code(s)	715 & 534
GNIS feature ID	1564409[1]

Meaning of the name

Although Eau Galle is sometimes said to mean "bitter water",[3] the name is adapted from the original name for the Eau Galle River: (Rivière) au Galet, meaning "(river) with the gravel-bank".[4]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eau Galle (community), Dunn County, Wisconsin
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Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 113.
Boyd, Robert K. (1998). Early conditions of the Chippewa Valley. At the mouth of what is now called the Eau Galle River, they found a heavy gravel bar, called galet (pronounced galay) in their language, and so they called the stream La Rivière au Galet, the River of the Gravel Bank.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Menomonie
City	Menomonie
Villages	Boyceville Colfax Downing Elk Mound Knapp Ridgeland Wheeler
Towns	Colfax Dunn Eau Galle Elk Mound Grant Hay River Lucas Menomonie New Haven Otter Creek Peru Red Cedar Rock Creek Sand Creek Sheridan Sherman Spring Brook Stanton Tainter Tiffany Weston Wilson
CDPs	Downsville Rock Falls Tainter Lake
Other communities	Baxter Caryville Cedar Falls Comfort Connorsville Dunnville Eau Galle Falls City Graytown‡ Hatchville‡ Irvington Meridean Norton Red Cedar Rusk Sand Creek Weston
Ghost towns	Old Tyrone Welch Point
Footnote	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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