Welcome to Ashland Junction ...
Ashland Junction is located in Bayfield County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashland Junction, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.
A typical abbreviation for Ashland Junction: Ashland Jct. (or less commonly used: Ashland Jctn.)
Ashland Junction is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Ashland Junction lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Ashland Junction: 715 & 534<3>
Communities near Ashland Junction ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ashland Junction.
- Ashland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- Washburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washburn is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
- Bayfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bayfield is located in Bayfield County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Moquah
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
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- Benoit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
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- White River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- White River is located in Ashland County
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- Marengo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
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- Odanah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Odanah is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
- Sutherland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ashland Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ashland Junction.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ashland Junction. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ashland Junction.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashland Junction. See our Newspapers Page for Ashland Junction.
Adding Ashland Junction to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Ashland Junction in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ashland Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Ashland Junction post office opened in 1890. The Ashland Junction post office closed in 1910.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashland Junction.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Bayfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ashland Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Ashland Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Ashland Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |