Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin

Not to be confused with Iron Junction, Minnesota; Manitoba Junction, Minnesota; River Junction, Minnesota; or Winnipeg Junction, Minnesota.

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	920
GNIS feature ID	1569566[1]

Minnesota Junction sign

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]

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 November 17, 2010.
3. "Location for Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin". Google Maps. Retrieved November 17, 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 March 22, 2015.
6. Andrew S. Nelson (December 1993). "C&NW's Clyman Sub" (PDF). Pacific RailNews. No. 361. pp. 36–39. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2019. 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

43°27′09″N 88°41′49″W