Dalton is an
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census-designated place
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in the town of
Kingston located in the southwestern corner of
Green Lake County,
Wisconsin
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, United States. It is located on
Wisconsin Highway 44
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R ...
. It uses
ZIP code 53926. As of the
2010 census, its population was 206.
The surrounding countryside is mainly occupied by dairy farmers and an
Amish
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community. Dalton has an area of ; of this is land, and is water. Dalton was named for John Dalton, who emigrated from Ireland with his family in the early 1850s.
Climate
According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
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system, Dalton has a
warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Dalton was on July 7, 2007, while the coldest temperature recorded was on January 30, 1951.
References
External links
Dalton Fire Department, Dalton, Wisconsin Retrieved February 7, 2007
Census-designated places in Green Lake County, Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
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