Stiles Junction, Wisconsin

Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Stiles Junction, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Stiles Junction, Wisconsin is located in the United States
Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°53′00″N 88°02′48″W / 44.88333°N 88.04667°W / 44.88333; -88.04667
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyOconto
Elevation
200 m (656 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code920
GNIS feature ID1577839[1]

Stiles 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

  1. ^ a b "Stiles 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. 127.
  3. ^ Official Guide of the Railways. New York City: National Railway Publishing Company. June 1941.
  4. ^ Glischinski, Steve (2007). Regional Railroads of the Midwest. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7603-2351-9.
  5. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation (January 2020). Wisconsin Railroads & Harbors 2020 (PDF) (Map).
A Chicago and North Western freight train passes the junction in September 1964
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
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