Official Name: | Benoit, Wisconsin |
Settlement Type: | unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Benoit |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bayfield |
Subdivision Type3: | Towns |
Subdivision Name3: | Keystone, Mason |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 902 |
Coordinates: | 46.5019°N -91.0769°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 54816[1] |
Area Codes: | 715 and 534 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1578756 |
Benoit is an unincorporated community in the towns of Keystone and Mason, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. It is along County Highway F. Benoit is 13 miles southwest of the city of Ashland. Nearby is the junction of U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 63.[2]
The community was named for Antoine Benoit, a pioneer French settler.[3] Other names before Benoit included Thirty Miles Siding, Peckville, Peck and Benoitville.[4]