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Fountain City
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city in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States
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Place details
- Locality
- Fountain City
- Region
- Wisconsin
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 848
- Timezone
- America/Chicago
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- County
- Buffalo
- Total
- 5.52 sq mi (14.30 km )
- Land
- 4.37 sq mi (11.33 km )
- Water
- 1.15 sq mi (2.97 km )
- Elevation
- 669 ft (204 m)
- Density
- 184/sq mi (71.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 55-26850
- Website
- www .fountaincitywi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Fountain City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Buffalo County
- Population
- 806
- Area
- 14.428992
- Elevation
- 204
- Body of water
- Mississippi River
- Official website
- www.fountaincitywisconsin.com
- Image
- Fountain-city-3.jpg
- Households
- 374
- Dialing code
- 608
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- Commons category
- Fountain City, Wisconsin
- postal code
- 54629
- water as percent of area
- 22.936
- per capita income
- 31637
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Encyclopedic overview
Fountain City is a small city bordering the Mississippi River in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 806 at the 2020 census. Fountain City is also known for where Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashed.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fountain City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.