Ashland Junction, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

46°34′26″N 90°58′17″W / 46.57389°N 90.97139°W / 46.57389; -90.97139Country

United StatesState

WisconsinCountyBayfieldTownEileenElevation

199 m (653 ft)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area codes715 and 534GNIS 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

^ ^a ^b "Ashland Junction, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^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.
^ Official Guide of the Railways. New York City: National Railway Publishing Company. June 1941.
^ "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	Ashland Terminus
Preceding station	Northern Pacific Railway		Following station
Moquah toward Duluth		Duluth – Ashland	Ashland Terminus