Foster Junction, Wisconsin

Foster Junction, Wisconsin
Ghost town
Foster Junction is located in Wisconsin
Foster Junction
Foster Junction
Location within Wisconsin
Foster Junction is located in the United States
Foster Junction
Foster Junction
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 46°18′49″N 90°42′15″W / 46.31361°N 90.70417°W / 46.31361; -90.70417
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyAshland
TownMorse
Elevation
1,270 ft (390 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1579276

Foster Junction is a ghost town located in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. The former community was on present day County Highway GG, 2.2 miles west of Mellen. The community was named for George E. Foster, a partner in the Mellon Lumber Company. The company founded Foster Junction in 1910.

Foster Junction failed to thrive, and many of its buildings were dismantled and relocated to Mellen. Foster Junction no longer had any residents by the 1930s.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Foster Junction, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.
  3. ↑ Barabe, Joseph A. (1992). By the Side of the Road. Mellen, WI: XL Pub. Co. p. 107.