Goll is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in the town of

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Marinette County, Wisconsin Marinette County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 41,872. Its county seat is Marinette, Wisconsin, Marinette. Marinette County is part of t ...

, United States.

Geography

Goll is located at the intersection of County Trunk Highway X and Old Rail Road (formerly Right of Way Road),''Wausaukee Quadrangle Wisconsin–Michigan, 15 Minute Series (Topographic)''. 1963. Map, 1:62,500. Washington, DC: U. S. Geological Survey. at an elevation of . It is connected by road to

to the north, Middle Inlet to the west, and

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to the east. Goll Road runs obliquely to the east of the former rail line.

History

Goll was a stop between

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and Wagner on the Wisconsin & Michigan (W. & M.) Railway line from Bagley Junction to Iron Mountain. The rail line through Goll was discontinued in 1938, when the tracks were torn out and the rolling stock sold off. A post office was established in Goll in the 1896, and Edward Ashburton Lindsley (1869–1940) was appointed postmaster at Goll that year, replacing H. S. Brooks. The post office in Goll was closed in 1913.

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* Unincorporated communities in Marinette County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{MarinetteCountyWI-geo-stub