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The Root River is a 43.7-mile-long (70.3 km) river that flows to Lake Michigan at the city of Racine in southeastern Wisconsin in the United States. Racine and Racine County are named for the river, as racine is the French word for root.
Contents
Map of Root River, Wisconsin, USA
CourseEdit
The Root River rises in the Waukesha County suburb of New Berlin and flows generally southeastwardly through the Milwaukee County suburbs of West Allis, Greenfield, Greendale and Franklin, into Racine County, where it enters Lake Michigan at Racine.
Variant namesEdit
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Root River has also been known historically as:
There was at one time a hamlet in Greenfield called Root Creek, a name that presumably referred to the Root River.
References
Root River (Wisconsin) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA