Truax, Wisconsin

Truax, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Truax, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°50′57″N 91°34′10″W / 44.84917°N 91.56944°W / 44.84917; -91.56944Coordinates: 44°50′57″N 91°34′10″W / 44.84917°N 91.56944°W / 44.84917; -91.56944
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Eau Claire
Elevation	896 ft (273 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	715 & 534
GNIS feature ID	1578444^[1]

Truax is an unincorporated community located in the town of Union, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1] Truax is located along the Union Pacific Railroad near the northwest border of Eau Claire.

History

The community was named for the Truax family, which owned land in the area.^[2]

Notes

1 2 "Union". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 195.

Municipalities and communities of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Eau Claire

Cities	Altoona Augusta Eau Claire‡

Villages	Fairchild Fall Creek

Towns	Bridge Creek Brunswick Clear Creek Drammen Fairchild Lincoln Ludington Otter Creek Pleasant Valley Seymour Union Washington Wilson

CDP	Seymour

Unincorporated communities	Allen Brackett Cleghorn Foster Hadleyville Hale Corner Hay Creek Ludington Lufkin Mount Hope Corners Nix Corner Rodell Truax Union Wilson

Ghost towns	Nelsonville Oak Grove Porter's Mills

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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