Lund is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 located in two counties of the U.S. state

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 of Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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. It lies on the county line between Pepin County, in the town of Pepin

Pepin (town), Wisconsin

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, and Pierce County

Pierce County, Wisconsin

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, in the town of Maiden Rock

Maiden Rock (town), Wisconsin

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, in central western Wisconsin, along the junctions of county highways

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 "SS", "CC" (formerly WIS 183), and "J". Lund is approximately nine miles northwest of Pepin

Pepin, Wisconsin

Pepin is a village in Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 837 at the 2010 census. The village is located within the Town of Pepin.-History:...

 and six miles northeast of Stockholm, Wisconsin

Stockholm, Wisconsin

Stockholm is a village in Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States, founded in 1854 by immigrants from Karlskoga, Sweden. The population was 97 at the 2000 census...

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History

The community was named after Lund, Sweden

The birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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, romanticized in her book Little House in the Big Woods

Little House in the Big Woods

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, is about one mile southeast of Lund, and is commemorated at the nearby Little House Wayside

Little House Wayside

The Little House Wayside is a rest area located in Pepin County, Wisconsin approximate seven miles northwest of Pepin, Wisconsin, in the town of Pepin, and approximately one mile southeast of Lund, on County Highway CC , on the plot where Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867.The site...

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