Ashland Junction, Wisconsin

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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