Laona Junction, Wisconsin

Laona Junction is an unincorporated community in the town of Caswell in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. U.S. Route 8 travels north-south near the community.[2][3]

Laona Junction, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 45°39′21″N 88°41′38″W
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyForest
Elevation470 m (1,542 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1579630[1]

Name

Like nearby Laona, Laona Junction was named after Leona Johnson, the daughter of the local businessman Norman Johnson.[4][5] The misspelling Laona is presumably a clerical error.[4]

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laona Junction, Wisconsin
  3. Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. 1998. p. 90.
  4. Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.
  5. "Pioneer of Laona Passes Thursday". Green Bay Press-Gazette. June 17, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved April 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.


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