Cleghorn, Wisconsin
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Cleghorn is an unincorporated community
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in the east central part of the town of Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Pleasant Valley is a town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,681 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Cleghorn is located in the town.-Geography:...

 in Eau Claire County
Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Eau Claire County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population estimate was 98,736. Its county seat is Eau Claire....

, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, about six miles south of Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Eau Claire is a city located in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 65,883 as of the 2010 census, making it the largest municipality in the northwestern portion of the state, and the 9th largest in the state overall. It is the county seat of Eau Claire County,...

. Cleghorn is located one mile east of Wis. 93 along Eau Claire County
Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Eau Claire County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population estimate was 98,736. Its county seat is Eau Claire....

 Highway "HH", at the junction of "HH", "I", and "V". The now-extinct community of Hadleyville
Hadleyville, Wisconsin
Hadleyville was an unincorporated community in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States, located in the Town of Pleasant Valley just west of the modern junction of S. Lowes Creek Road and County Trunk Highway HH, two miles west of Wis. 93...

 lies approximately three miles to the west, along Eau Claire County Highway "HH".

Government

The community is the site of the town's administration.

History

Cleghorn was named after Lewis Cleghorn, one of its early settlers. In 1913 the now-defunct Foster Railroad
Foster Railroad
The Fairchild and North-Eastern Railway was a common-carrier railroad organized in 1897, the successor road of several earlier logging lines of the N.C. Foster Lumber Company of Fairchild, Wisconsin. It connected Fairchild with Foster, via Hay Creek, in southern Eau Claire County. In 1913, the...

 was extended from Foster
Foster, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Foster is an unincorporated community in the town of Clear Creek in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. It lies approximately 9 miles south-southwest of Fall Creek, 7 miles southeast of Cleghorn, and 6 miles northwest of Osseo. Located primarily along Eau Claire County Highway "HH", it is...

 through Allen
Allen, Wisconsin
Allen is an unincorporated community in the town of Clear Creek in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. It lies almost exactly midway between Cleghorn and Foster, at the southern junction of Eau Claire County Highways "D" and "V"....

as far as Cleghorn.
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