Poland, Wisconsin
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Poland is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in the Town of Eaton, Brown County,
Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, United States. It is located at the intersection of County Highway T and
Wisconsin Highway 29 State Trunk Highway 29 (often called Highway 29, STH-29 or WIS 29) is a state highway running east–west across central Wisconsin. It is a major east–west corridor connecting the Twin Cities and the Chippewa Valley with Wausau ...
several miles east of Green Bay. It is located at latitude 44-26-37N and longitude 87-49-34W. Poland was named for and by the many Polish immigrants that settled in the area during the 1870's. In 1881, community members built SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in the heart of Poland. The church was destroyed by fire in 1898, and a new church was constructed the following year.SS.Cyril & Methodius Faith Community: 1881-1990. Poland, Wisconsin


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Unincorporated communities in Brown County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Green Bay metropolitan area {{BrownCountyWI-geo-stub