Ashton, Wisconsin

Ashton, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Ashton
Ashton
Coordinates: 43°08′26″N 89°32′29″W / 43.14056°N 89.54139°W / 43.14056; -89.54139Coordinates: 43°08′26″N 89°32′29″W / 43.14056°N 89.54139°W / 43.14056; -89.54139
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Dane County
Town Springfield
Elevation 1,001 ft (305 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID 1560983[1]

Ashton is an unincorporated community located in the town of Springfield, in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2] The community was named after Thomas Ashton, the president of the British Temperance Emigration Society.[3]

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Ashton is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]

Baseball field in Ashton

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Ashton, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Ashton, Wisconsin-Wisconsin Historical Society
  3. ↑ Callary, Edward. Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.
  4. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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