Gaslyn, Wisconsin
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Gaslyn 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
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, Burnett 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. Gaslyn is located along County Highway H to the south of Gaslyn Lake. The community is part of the reservation of the
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin The St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin (or the St. Croix Band for short) are a federally recognized tribe of Ojibwe people located in Northwest Wisconsin, along the St. Croix River (Wisconsin-Minnesota), St. Croix River valley and watershed. ...
. The community was named for David C. Gaslin, a logger during the 1860s. A post office operated in the community from 1902 to 1919.


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Unincorporated communities in Burnett County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{BurnettCountyWI-geo-stub