Poniatowski 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 Rietbrock, Marathon 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. The area is geographically notable for being less than one mile away from the 45°N, 90°W point. It is most likely named after a Polish royal family of the same name.

Polish connection

Poniatowski is also being considered one of few undiscovered Polish communities due to the group of Polish settlers established their village after Rietbrock in 1879, naming after Polish leader and general

Józef Poniatowski Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (; 7 May 1763 – 19 October 1813) was a Polish general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. A nephew of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lit ...

Notable people

* Joseph Chesak, Wisconsin state legislator and businessman, owned a store in Poniatowski.Ernest G. Timme (comp.).
The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin
'. Milwaukee: Milwaukee Litho & Engr. Co., p. 512.

References

Unincorporated communities in Marathon County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Polish communities in the United States {{MarathonCountyWI-geo-stub