Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States
44°53′00″N 88°02′48″W / 44.88333°N 88.04667°W / 44.88333; -88.04667Stiles Junction is an unincorporated community located in the town of Stiles, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]
History
The community was named for the Stiles family of local settlers, natives of Stilesville, Indiana.[2] The junction was located at a diamond crossing between an east-west line of the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) crossing the north-south Milwaukee Road. The C&NW's branch line ran between Clintonville and nearby Oconto, while the Milwaukee Road's line connected Milwaukee and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.[3] The line east of Stiles Junction is now abandoned, while tracks in the other directions are now owned and operated by the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b "Stiles Junction, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ 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. 127.
- ^ Official Guide of the Railways. New York City: National Railway Publishing Company. June 1941.
- ^ Glischinski, Steve (2007). Regional Railroads of the Midwest. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7603-2351-9.
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation (January 2020). Wisconsin Railroads & Harbors 2020 (PDF) (Map).
Preceding station | Chicago and North Western Railway | Following station | ||
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Oconto Falls toward Clintonville | Clintonville – Oconto | Reagan's Crossing toward Oconto | ||
Preceding station | Milwaukee Road | Following station | ||
Lena towards Ontonagon | Ontonagon – Milwaukee | Abrams towards Milwaukee |
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Municipalities and communities of Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Oconto
communities
- Bonita
- Breed
- Brookside
- Chase
- County Line‡
- Cullen
- Frostville
- Hayes
- Hickory Corners
- Hintz
- Klondike
- Little Suamico
- Logan
- Morgan
- Mosling
- Oak Orchard
- Sampson
- Sobieski Corners
- South Chase
- Spruce
- Stiles
- Stiles Junction
- Underhill
reservation
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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