Rugby Junction, Wisconsin

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Rugby Junction, Wisconsin
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Rugby Junction, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°17′31″N88°13′07″W / 43.29194°N 88.21861°W / 43.29194; -88.21861
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Washington
Elevation
302 m (991 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 262
GNIS feature ID1577803 [1]

Rugby Junction is an unincorporated community in the town of Polk, Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

History

The night of October 16, 1901, two Chicago-bound freight trains collided on the Wisconsin Central Railway tracks between Colgate and Rugby Junction. Two cars derailed, but no injuries were reported. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Rugby Junction, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Central is Tied up". The Herald. Readstown, Wisconsin. October 24, 1901. p. 3. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
Preceding station Soo Line Following station
Slinger
toward Portal
Main Line Colgate
toward Chicago


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