Benoit, Wisconsin

Benoit, Wisconsin
unincorporated community
Benoit is located in Wisconsin
Benoit
Benoit
Location within Wisconsin
Benoit is located in the United States
Benoit
Benoit
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 46°30′07″N 91°04′37″W / 46.50194°N 91.07694°W / 46.50194; -91.07694
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyBayfield
TownsKeystone, Mason
Elevation
902 ft (275 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
54816
Area codes715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1578756

Benoit is an unincorporated community in the towns of Keystone and Mason, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. It is along County Highway F and located 13 miles southwest of the city of Ashland. Nearby is the junction of U.S. Highways 2 and 63.

History

The community was named for Antoine Benoit, a pioneer French settler. Other names before Benoit included Thirty Miles Siding, Peckville, Peck and Benoitville.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Benoit ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Benoit". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ "Benoit Populated Place Profile / Bayfield County, Wisconsin Data".
  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. 168.
  5. ↑ Gard, Robert (2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names (2nd ed.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-87020-707-5.