Benoit, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States
46°30′07″N 91°04′37″W / 46.50194°N 91.07694°W / 46.50194; -91.07694
United States
Wisconsin54816[1]
Benoit is an unincorporated community in the towns of Keystone and Mason, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] 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.[3]
History
The community was named for Antoine Benoit, a pioneer French settler.[4] Other names before Benoit included Thirty Miles Siding, Peckville, Peck and Benoitville.[5]
Notes
- ^ "Benoit ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ a b "Benoit". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Benoit Populated Place Profile / Bayfield County, Wisconsin Data".
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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Municipalities and communities of Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Washburn
- Cable
- Cornucopia
- Drummond
- Grand View
- Herbster
- Iron River
- Port Wing
communities
- Ashland Junction
- Bark Point
- Barksdale
- Benoit
- Delta
- Ino
- Lake Owen
- Leonards
- Moquah
- Muskeg
- Namekagon
- Oulu
- Pike River
- Pureair
- Radspur
- Red Cliff
- Salmo
- Sand Bay
- Sioux
- Sutherland
- Topside
- Wills
reservation
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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