Benoit is an
unincorporated community
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in the towns of
Keystone and
Mason
Mason may refer to:
Occupations
* Mason, brick mason, or bricklayer, a craftsman who lays bricks to construct brickwork, or who lays any combination of stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or similar pieces
* Stone mason, a craftsman in the stone-cut ...
,
Bayfield County,
Wisconsin
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, 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
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and
U.S. Highway 63.
History
The community was named for Antoine Benoit, a pioneer French settler. Other names before Benoit included Thirty Miles Siding, Peckville, Peck and Benoitville.
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Bayfield County, Wisconsin
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