Benoit, Wisconsin

Benoit, Wisconsin
Benoit is located in Wisconsin
Benoit
Benoit
Benoit is located in the United States
Benoit
Benoit
Coordinates: 46°30′07″N 91°04′37″W / 46.50194°N 91.07694°W / 46.50194; -91.07694
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyBayfield
TownsKeystone, Mason
Elevation
275 m (902 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
54816[1]
Area codes715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1578756[2]

Benoit is an unincorporated community in the towns of Keystone and Mason, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] It is along County Highway F. Benoit is 13 miles southwest of the city of Ashland. Nearby is the junction of U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 63.[3]

History

The community was named for Antoine Benoit, a pioneer French settler.[4] Other names before Benoit included Thirty Miles Siding, Peckville, Peck and Benoitville.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "Benoit ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Benoit". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Benoit Populated Place Profile / Bayfield County, Wisconsin Data".
  4. ^ 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. 168.
  5. ^ Gard, Robert (2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names (2nd ed.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-87020-707-5.