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Miles is an
Miles was a stop between Twin Creek and Goll on the Wisconsin & Michigan (W. & M.) Railway line from Bagley Junction to Iron Mountain. The rail line through Miles was discontinued in 1938, when the tracks were torn out and the rolling stock sold off. Miles Road runs through the community east of the old rail line. A post office was established in Miles in 1909, and it operated until 1912. There was also a school in Miles; it operated until 1963, when a new elementary school was built in Porterfield.
unincorporated community
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located in the town of Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
, United States.
Geography
Miles is located at the intersection of Miles Road and Winesville Road, at an elevation of .''Porterfield Quadrangle, Wisconsin—Marinette Co., 7.5-Minute Series (Topographic)''. 1982. Map, 1:24,000. Reston, VA: United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. It is connected by road to Goll andWagner
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(via Old Rail Road, formerly Right of Way Road) to the north, Walsh Walsh may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Walsh (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname
Places
* Fort Walsh, one of the first posts of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
* Walsh, Ontario, Norfolk ...
(via County Highway G) and Porterfield to the south, and Wisconsin Highway 180 to the east.
History
Miles was a stop between Twin Creek and Goll on the Wisconsin & Michigan (W. & M.) Railway line from Bagley Junction to Iron Mountain. The rail line through Miles was discontinued in 1938, when the tracks were torn out and the rolling stock sold off. Miles Road runs through the community east of the old rail line. A post office was established in Miles in 1909, and it operated until 1912. There was also a school in Miles; it operated until 1963, when a new elementary school was built in Porterfield.
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* Unincorporated communities in Marinette County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{MarinetteCountyWI-geo-stub