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I changed Ashton Corners to Ashton because that's its current name. GNIS includes both historical names and contemporary names. There may be an Ashton Corners on some antique map at the USGS (from which GNIS gets some of its data), but no one in that area refers to the hamlet as "Ashton Corners." Google "St. Peter's Ashton," for example, and you'll see that the school and church refer to themselves as located in Ashton. I was actually stunned to see Ashton referred to in WP as "Ashton Corners." I asked my aunt, who was born in Ashton, if she'd ever heard it referred to as "Ashton Corners," and she said never in all her 90 years had she ever heard it called that. This is confirmed by the Dane County Department of Planning and Development. See Unincorporated Hamlets of Dane County, Wisconsin, for example. Also check the state's official Dane County map. You'll find an Ashton there, but no Ashton Corners. Cassidy's Place Names contains both historical names and contemporary names. It says the following:[1]
Ashton For Ashton PO, which was moved here in 1867 : the crossroad in W sec. 26, SPRINGFIELD. Also called Ashton Corners. Formerly Pickart's Corners.
Ashton Corners = Ashton
It's clear that the residents of Ashton, Dane County government, the state of Wisconsin, and Cassidy all consider Ashton to be the preferred name.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.76.153.27 (talk • contribs) 23:23, December 8, 2008
20040928_springfield_survey.pdf. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:12, 9 December 2008 (UTC) letter noting removal of siren at Aston Corners. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:14, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
"I'm referring to the lights at Ashton Corners, Springfield Corners and the intersection of highways 12 and 78 near Sauk City." --Dual Freq (talk) 01:15, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
"Looking south at the US 12/County K intersection (Ashton Corners). Existing US 12 is the roadway on the right and Middleton is in the upper part of the photo." --Dual Freq (talk) 01:18, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
"2003 marks the beginning of construction on the 5.6-mile US 12 segment from WIS 19 west to County K at Ashton Corners." --Dual Freq (talk) 01:17, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Image of Ashton Corners. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:19, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Dane County plan mentioning Ashton Corners. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:21, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Water Softner service area including Ashton and Ashton Corners. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:24, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
A family History mentioning Ashton Corners --Dual Freq (talk) 01:28, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
As to genealogy data-- Here are 293 people who were born in Ashton, Wisconsin: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=ashton%2C+wisconsin&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search
Here are 190 people who died in Ashton, Wisconsin: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=&byear=&brange=0&dplace=ashton+wisconsin&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search
Here are 239 people who were married in Ashton, Wisconsin: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=ashton+wisconsin&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search
The database I cite has 552,357,167 names in it. Not a single person in it was born, married, or died in Ashton Corners. 12.76.133.74 (talk) 01:41, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
You must have dropped a zero somewhere, that's over a mile. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:32, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Here is the state of Wisconsin's official Dane County map. There is no Ashton Corners on it. 12.76.133.74 (talk) 01:44, 9 December 2008 (UTC)