Blenker 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
Milladore, in
Wood County, Wisconsin
Wood County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 74,207. Its county seat is Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Rapids. The county is ...
, United States.
History
A post office has been in operation at Blenker since 1886. The community was named after John Blenker, a shopkeeper and the first postmaster. The community once had a schoolhouse, the Blenker School.
Images
File:Blenker Wisconsin Post Office.jpg, Post office
File:Blenker Wisconsin Sign US10.jpg, Blenker sign
File:Blenker Wisconsin Sign Looking East US10.jpg, Looking east at Blenker
References
External links
1909 plat map of Blenker
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wood County, Wisconsin
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