Ashland Junction, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

Ashland Junction, Wisconsin

unincorporated community

Ashland Junction

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Coordinates: 46°34′26″N 90°58′17″W﻿ / ﻿46.57389°N 90.97139°W﻿ / 46.57389; -90.97139
Country|  United States
State|  Wisconsin
County| Bayfield
Town| Eileen
Elevation

| 199 m (653 ft)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes| 715 and 534
GNIS feature ID| 1577496[1]

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

## History

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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

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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

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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

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Municipalities and communities of Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Washburn

Cities|

* Ashland‡
* Bayfield
* Washburn

Village|

* Mason

Towns|

* Barksdale
* Barnes
* Bayfield
* Bayview
* Bell
* Cable
* Clover
* Delta
* Drummond
* Eileen
* Grandview
* Hughes
* Iron River
* Kelly
* Keystone
* Lincoln
* Mason
* Namakagon
* Orienta
* Oulu
* Pilsen
* Port Wing
* Russell
* Tripp
* Washburn

CDPs|

* Cable
* Cornucopia
* Drummond
* Grand View
* Herbster
* Iron River
* Port Wing

Unincorporated
communities|

* Ashland Junction
* Bark Point
* Barksdale
* Benoit
* Delta
* Ino
* Lake Owen
* Leonards
* Moquah
* Muskeg
* Namekagon
* Oulu
* Pike River
* Pureair
* Radspur
* Red Cliff
* Salmo
* Sand Bay
* Sioux
* Sutherland
* Topside
* Wills

Indian
reservation|

* Red Cliff

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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