Valley Junction, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:Valley Junction, Wisconsin
Pushpin Map:Wisconsin#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Monroe
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:925
Coordinates:44.0533°N -90.4122°W
Area Code:608
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1576019

Valley Junction is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Byron in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 173, Monroe County Trunk Highway G, and Monroe County Highway N.[1]

History

Valley Junction was named from its location in a valley at the junction of two roads.[2] The post office had the name in 1900. Two railroads crossed in the center of town: the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway and the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.[3] They maintained a joint station.[4] The Milwaukee branch line between Tomah and Babcock is gone. The Omaha line remains as the Union Pacific Railroad line between the Twin Cities and Milwaukee.

Notes and References

  1. 2001-2 Wisconsin Official State Highway Map
  2. Book: Chicago and North Western Railway Company. A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. 1908. 195.
  3. Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin, 1900, Ninth Biennial edition, prepared under the direction of Graham L. Rice, Railroad commissioner.
  4. Book: Wisconsin. Public Documents of the State of Wisconsin: Being the Biennial Reports of the Various State Officers, Departments and Institutions, .... 1916. State Printer.. 670–.