Foster Junction, Wisconsin

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Foster Junction, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 46°18′49″N90°42′15″W / 46.31361°N 90.70417°W / 46.31361; -90.70417 Coordinates: 46°18′49″N90°42′15″W / 46.31361°N 90.70417°W / 46.31361; -90.70417
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Ashland
Town Morse
Elevation
390 m (1,270 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1579276 [1]

Foster Junction is an unincorporated community located in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The community was named for George E. Foster, a partner in the Mellon Lumber Company. The company founded Foster Junction in 1910. [2]

Foster Junction failed to thrive, and many of its buildings were dismantled and relocated to Mellen. [2] Foster Junction no longer had any residents by the 1930s. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Foster Junction, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. 1 2 Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 98. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.
  3. Barabe, Joseph A. (1992). By the Side of the Road. Mellen, WI: XL Pub. Co. p. 107.



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