Stiles Junction, Wisconsin

Stiles Junction is an unincorporated community located in the town of Stiles, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°53′00″N 88°02′48″W
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyOconto
Elevation
200 m (656 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)920
GNIS feature ID1577839[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]

References

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


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