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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
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