Holcombe is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
located in
Chippewa 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.
Description
Holcombe is located on the
Chippewa River north-northeast of
Cornell
Cornell University is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson White in 1865. Since ...
, in the town of
Lake Holcombe. Holcombe has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 54745. As of the
2010 census, its population was 267.
History
Holcombe was founded in 1902.
It was named for an acquaintance of a railroad official.
A post office has been in operation in Holcombe since 1902.
Climate
References
Census-designated places in Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
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