Ashland Junction, Wisconsin
unincorporated community
Ashland Junction is located in Wisconsin
Ashland Junction
Ashland Junction
Ashland Junction is located in the United States
Ashland Junction
Ashland Junction
Coordinates: 46°34′26″N 90°58′17″W / 46.57389°N 90.97139°W / 46.57389; -90.97139
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyBayfield
TownEileen
Elevation
199 m (653 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1577496[1]

Ashland Junction is an unincorporated community located in the town of Eileen, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

History

Ashland Junction was founded in 1883.[2] The community was named from its location at a rail junction outside of Ashland.[2] This junction was between lines of the Omaha Road (later Chicago and North Western Railroad, or C&NW), and the Northern Pacific Railroad.[3] The right-of-way of the east-west lines are now used for a rail trail known as the Tri-County Corridor.

A post office called Ashland Junction was established in 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1910.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Ashland Junction, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 167.
  3. ^ Official Guide of the Railways. New York City: National Railway Publishing Company. June 1941.
  4. ^ "Bayfield County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Benoit
toward Minneapolis
 Minneapolis – Ashland Ashland
Terminus
Barksdale
toward Bayfield
 Bayfield – Ashland
Preceding station Northern Pacific Railway Following station
Moquah
toward Duluth
 Duluth – Ashland Ashland
Terminus


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