Stiles Junction, Wisconsin

Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
A Chicago and North Western freight train passes the junction, 1964
Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Stiles Junction, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°53′00″N 88°02′48″W / 44.88333°N 88.04667°W / 44.88333; -88.04667
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyOconto
Elevation
200 m (656 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code920
GNIS feature ID1577839[1]

Stiles Junction is an unincorporated community located in the town of Stiles, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The Stiles area was originally a settled by Anson Eldred in 1853 and named after Howard STILES ELDRED, his son.[2] Jeremiah Stiles, originally from Stilesville, Indiana was a local land owner and head of the Stiles family that settled in this area of Stiles.[3] In 1882 this unincorporated area was given the name Stiles Junction.[4] Nearby is the crossroads of U.S. Highway 141 and Wisconsin State Highway 22.[5]

History

Stiles Junction is located at a diamond crossing between an east-west line of the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) crossing of the north-south Milwaukee Road Road. The junction came to be with the crossing of the C&NW's branch line (1884)[6] running between Clintonville and nearby Oconto. The preexisting Milwaukee Road's line (December 30, 1882)[7][8] connected Milwaukee and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.[9] The rail line eastward from the junction to Oconto, Wisconsin is now abandoned.[10][11] Station built in 1881.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Stiles Junction, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "STILES & town of STILES". www.usgenwebsites.org. Oconto County Reporter. January 23, 1886. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Reminders-Fort Howard-Menominee River – Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society". Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society. 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  5. ^ Nick Weber. "Oconto County, Stiles Junction (US 141/WIS 22)". Department of Transportation. State of Wisconsin. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  6. ^ "Chicago & North Western Depot". Shawano County Historical Society. September 25, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  7. ^ William Benjamin Henry (1921). "History of Oconto county". Wisconsin Historical Society. University of Wisconsin. p. 47. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  8. ^ "Main Line-Fort Howard-Menominee River – Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society". Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society. 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  9. ^ Official Guide of the Railways. New York City: National Railway Publishing Company. June 1941.
  10. ^ Glischinski, Steve (2007). Regional Railroads of the Midwest. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7603-2351-9.
  11. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation (January 2020). Wisconsin Railroads & Harbors 2020 (PDF) (Map).
  12. ^ "W OF STATE HIGHWAY 141 AND MILITARY RD | Property Record". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 1, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
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