Center Valley, Wisconsin
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Center Valley is a small unincorporated farming community
Unincorporated area
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 in the town of Center
Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Center is a town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,163 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Mackville and Five Corners are located partially within the town...

 in Outagamie County
Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Outagamie is a county in the northeast region of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its county seat is Appleton. As of the 2009 census estimate, its population was 177,155....

, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
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, United States
United States
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. Center Valley is classified as a Class U6 Community by the USGS
United States Geological Survey
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, being a populated place located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP with a recognized authoritative common name. Center Valley lies 5 miles north of Appleton
Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton is a city in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is situated on the Fox River, 30 miles southwest of Green Bay and 100 miles north of Milwaukee. Appleton is the county seat of Outagamie County. The population was 78,086 at the 2010 census...

, and is served by the post office
Post office
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 of Black Creek
Black Creek, Wisconsin
-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 1,316 people, 540 households, and 513 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,097.6 people per square mile . There were 540 housing units at an average density of 450 per square mile...

, which has the ZIP code
ZIP Code
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of 54106.

Geography

Center Valley is located at 44°24′8"N 88°27′35"W (44.4022079, -88.4598254), and the elevation is 820 feet (250 m).

Transportation

County Highway A runs north-south through Center Valley. Center Valley also supports a railroad track that once carried primarily corn and serviced the local cooperative.

Winter months provide snowmobile trails that also provide a means of transportation to this community. Trail routes change on a yearly basis and are subject to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Parks and recreation

Center Valley has numerous snowmobile trails during the winter months. Plamann County Park is the nearest public park just southeast of town.

External links

  • http://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/WI/Outagamie/Center-Valley.cfm
  • http://www.co.outagamie.wi.us/Parks/countyparks/plamann-home.htm
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