Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin

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Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin
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Looking south in Minnesota Junction on WIS 26
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Minnesota Junction
Coordinates: 43°27′09″N88°41′49″W / 43.45250°N 88.69694°W / 43.45250; -88.69694
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Dodge
Town Oak Grove
Elevation
282 m (925 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1569566 [1]
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Minnesota Junction sign

Minnesota Junction is an unincorporated community located, in the town of Oak Grove, in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. [2] Minnesota Junction is located on Wisconsin Highway 26. [3] It is located at latitude 43.452 and longitude -88.697 at 925 feet above mean sea level. [2]

History

Minnesota Junction was founded when the railroad was built to that point. [4] The community was so named from the expectation the new railroad line would eventually extend from Minnesota Junction to the Minnesota Territory. [4] A post office was established in Minnesota Junction in 1861, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1940. [5] The junction was situation where a north–south branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway met an east–west branch of the Milwaukee Road. The north–south line was abandoned in 1984, and is now a rail trail, while the east–west line is still operated by the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad. [6] [7]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin
  2. 1 2 "Minnesota Junction Maps, Facts & Features". Wisconsin Hometown Locator. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  3. "Location for Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  4. 1 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. 103.
  5. "Dodge County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  6. Andrew S. Nelson (December 1993). "C&NW's Clyman Sub" (PDF). Pacific RailNews . No. 361. pp. 36–39. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  7. Wisconsin Department of Transportation (January 2020). Wisconsin Railroads & Harbors 2020 (PDF) (Map).
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Juneau
toward Janesville
Janesville  Fond du Lac Burnett
toward Fond du Lac
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Rolling Prairie
towards Portage
Portage  Horicon Horicon
Terminus

Coordinates: 43°27′09″N88°41′49″W / 43.45250°N 88.69694°W / 43.45250; -88.69694