Mather is an
unincorporated community
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in the town of
Kingston
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in
Juneau County,
Wisconsin
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, United States. It is located on
Wisconsin Highway 173
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(WIS 173) northeast of
Tomah. Mather has a
post office
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with
ZIP code 54641.
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History
The Wisconsin Valley Railroad
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(later the Milwaukee Road
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The company experienced ...
) once passed through Mather on its route from Tomah to northern Wisconsin. The Tomah to Babcock
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*Alpheus Babcock (1785–1842), American piano and musical instrument maker
* Audrey Babcock American operatic mezzo-soprano
*Barbara Babcock (born 1937), American actress
* ...
portion was abandoned in stages in the 1920s and 1930s, and WIS 173 was built on the right-of-way. A short-lived branch line also ran northwest from Mather to serve logging interests and several tiny communities in eastern Jackson County, and was abandoned by 1900.
Images
File:MatherWisconsinSignWIS173.jpg, Sign on WIS 173
File:MatherWisconsinPostOfficeWIS173.jpg, Post office
File:MatherWisconsinTownHall.jpg, Town hall
File:Mather Wisconsin entering looking west County H.jpg, Looking west while entering Mather on County Highway H
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Juneau County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
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