Nix Corner, Wisconsin

Nix Corner, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Nix Corner
Nix Corner
Coordinates: 44°38′48″N 91°20′50″W / 44.64667°N 91.34722°W / 44.64667; -91.34722Coordinates: 44°38′48″N 91°20′50″W / 44.64667°N 91.34722°W / 44.64667; -91.34722
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Eau Claire
Elevation 1,066 ft (325 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID 1846716[1]

Nix Corner is an unincorporated community in the town of Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

History

In 1871 Andrew Nix immigrated from Germany to Eau Claire County. Wisconsin. Finding very favorable conditions for starting a new life in America he wrote to encourage his half brother, John Hubert Nix, to also immigrate to America. John, and his wife, Anna Marie, followed Andrew in 1873. Both Andrew and John bought farm land in Eau Claire County next to each other. Being devout Catholics and having no church available to their vicinity. John built a church on his land near his home. The church attracted other Catholics living on the surrounding farms to Sunday services and John Nix's home became kind of the hub for what evolved into a scattered informal farm community. John's house, being at a cross roads, inspired the name for this community, "Nix Corners."[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Nix Corner, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "The Nix Family History" compiled and written in the 1970's by descendants if the original Nix's who immigrated to Eau Claire County. Wisconsin, in 1873.


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