Forest Junction is an
unincorporated census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the town of
Brillion,
Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the
2020 census, the population was 746, up from the
2010 census, in which its population was 616.
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. The community was so named from its location at a
rail junction
A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge. The physical connection between the tracks of the two routes (assuming they are of the same gauge) is provided by Railroad switch, tur ...
near the forest.
Geography
Forest Junction is located at the intersection of
Wisconsin Highway 57
Wisconsin Highway 57 (often called Highway 57, STH-57 or WIS 57) is a state highway in Wisconsin, United States. It runs from its southern terminus at WIS 59 in Milwaukee to its northern terminus at WIS 42 in Sister Bay. Much ...
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Wisconsin Highway 32
State Trunk Highway 32 (often called Highway 32, STH-32 or WIS 32) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin that runs north–south in the eastern part of the state. It runs from the Illinois border (at Illinois Route 137) north to the ...
and
U.S. Route 10
U.S. Route 10 or U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway located in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions of the U.S. Despite the "0" as the last digit in the number, US 10 is no longer a cross- ...
. 57/32 runs north–south through the area, and 10 runs east–west.
Notable people
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Bernard E. Brandt, farmer and Wisconsin state legislator, was born in Forest Junction.
[''Wisconsin Blue Book 1935'', p. 226.]
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Silas J. Kloehn, orthodontist
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Alvin Ott, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
References
Census-designated places in Calumet County, Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
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