Blackwell Junction, Wisconsin

Blackwell Junction, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Blackwell Junction, Wisconsin
Blackwell Junction, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45°31′54″N 88°39′15″W / 45.53167°N 88.65417°W / 45.53167; -88.65417Coordinates: 45°31′54″N 88°39′15″W / 45.53167°N 88.65417°W / 45.53167; -88.65417
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Forest
Elevation 1,522 ft (464 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID 1578809[1]

Blackwell Junction is an unincorporated community in the towns of Blackwell and Laona, Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. Blackwell Junction is 12.5 miles (20.1 km) east-southeast of Crandon.

Blackwell was named from its location at a road junction by John Blackwell's sawmill.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blackwell Junction, Wisconsin
  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. 46.


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