Ashland Junction, Wisconsin

Ashland Junction, Wisconsin
unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°34′26″N90°58′17″W / 46.57389°N 90.97139°W / 46.57389; -90.97139
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Bayfield
Town	Eileen
Elevation	653 ft (199 m)
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

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. "Ashland Junction, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. 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