Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin

Minnesota Junction is an unincorporated community located, in the town of Oak Grove, in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] Minnesota Junction is located on Wisconsin Highway 26.[3] It is located at latitude 43.452 and longitude -88.697 at 925 feet above mean sea level.[2]

Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Looking south in Minnesota Junction on WIS 26
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Coordinates: 43°27′09″N 88°41′49″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dodge
Town	Oak Grove
Elevation	282 m (925 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	920
GNIS feature ID	1569566[1]

Minnesota Junction sign

History

Minnesota Junction was founded when the railroad was built to that point.[4] The community was so named from the expectation the new railroad line would eventually extend from Minnesota Junction to the Minnesota Territory.[4] A post office was established in Minnesota Junction in 1861, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1940.[5] The junction was situation where a north–south branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway met an east–west branch of the Milwaukee Road. The north–south line was abandoned in 1984, and is now a rail trail, while the east–west line is still operated by the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad.[6][7]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin
2. "Minnesota Junction Maps, Facts & Features". Wisconsin Hometown Locator. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
3. "Location for Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
4. 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. 103.
5. "Dodge County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
6. Andrew S. Nelson (December 1993). "C&NW's Clyman Sub" (PDF). Pacific RailNews. No. 361. pp. 36–39. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
7. Wisconsin Department of Transportation (January 2020). Wisconsin Railroads & Harbors 2020 (PDF) (Map).

Preceding station	Chicago and North Western Railway			Following station
Juneau toward Janesville		Janesville – Fond du Lac		Burnett toward Fond du Lac
Preceding station	Milwaukee Road			Following station
Rolling Prairie towards Portage		Portage – Horicon		Horicon Terminus