Cleghorn is an
unincorporated community
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in the east central part of the town of
Pleasant Valley in
Eau Claire County,
Wisconsin
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,
United States
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, about six miles south of
Eau Claire.
Cleghorn is located one mile east of
Wis. 93 along
Eau Claire County Highway "HH", at the junction of "HH", "I", and "V". The now-extinct community of
Hadleyville lies approximately three miles to the west, along Eau Claire County Highway "HH". Clegorn was once the home of Cleghorn Elementary School. Cleghorn school was a small school located in the center of town. Cleghorn school was shut down in 2003. After the school was torn down, a park pavilion was built, and Cleghorn community park established in 2006. Every year, community members hold a Cleghorn Harvest Festival. This festival has a softball tournament, parade, old fashion car show, craft show, and bike race.
Government
The community is the site of the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
's administration.
History
Cleghorn was named after Lewis Cleghorn, one of its early settlers.
Our Story, Vol V - Communities draw names from men, places, events
/ref> In 1913 the now-defunct Foster Railroad
The Fairchild and Northeastern Railroad was a common-carrier railroad organized in 1897, the successor road of several earlier logging lines of the N.C. Foster Lumber Company of Fairchild, Wisconsin
Fairchild is a village in Eau Claire County, W ...
was extended from Foster through Allen Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to:
Buildings
* Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee
* Allen Center, a skyscraper complex in downtown Houston, Texas
* Allen Fieldhouse, an indoor sports arena on the Unive ...
as far as Cleghorn.
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
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