Forest Junction is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Brillion, Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 746, up from the 2010 census, in which its population was 616.[3]

The community has its own water tower and utilities. Its ZIP Code is 54123.

History

A post office called Forest Junction has been in operation since 1873.[4] The community was so named from its location at a rail junction near the forest.[5]

Geography

Forest Junction is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 57/Wisconsin Highway 32 and U.S. Route 10. 57/32 runs north–south through the area, and 10 runs east–west.[6]

Notable people

Looking north at Forest Junction on WIS-57/WIS-32
Post office on US 10
Building in Haese Memorial Village Historic District

References

  1. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Forest Junction CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "Forest Junction, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "Calumet County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  5. ^ 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. 73.
  6. ^ "Forest Junction". Google Maps. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
  7. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1935, p. 226.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Junction,_Wisconsin
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