Meekers Grove, Wisconsin
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Meekers Grove 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 ...
located in the town of Elk Grove, Lafayette County,
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, United States. It consists of a grouping of 2 houses, a
One-room school One-room schoolhouses, or One-room schools, have been commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Spa ...
that caught fire and was demolished in 2000, and nearby farms.


Attractions

Red's Supper Club stands at the intersection of County H and State Road 81, approximately 1 mile north of Meeker's Grove. St. Peter's Catholic Church stands at 26203 St. Peters Road. There is an abandoned rock quarry on Red School Road near the Madden Branch of the
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, approximately 1 mile east of Meeker's Grove.


History

There used to be a
One-room school One-room schoolhouses, or One-room schools, have been commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Spa ...
located at the address 10487 County H (at the intersection of County H and Red School Road) but it was struck by lightning and caught fire in 2000 and was demolished shortly thereafter. You can still see playground equipment and a small parking lot at the location today. This school, painted red, was the namesake for Red School Road.


Notes

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