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Saxon 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 ...
located in the town of
Saxon The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...
, Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. Saxon is located on Wisconsin Highway 122 west-northwest of Hurley. Saxon has a
post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with ZIP Code 54559. As of the 2010 census, its population is 90.


History

A post office called Saxon has been in operation since 1887. The community was named after the
Saxons The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...
, the ancient German people. Joseph J. Defer (1866–1929) served as postmaster of Saxon from 1904 to 1914 and as sheriff of Iron County. He owned a general store and sawmill. Defer served in the
Wisconsin Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican Pa ...
in 1919 and 1920.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1919,' Biographical Sketch of Joseph J. De Fer, pg. 465


References

Census-designated places in Iron County, Wisconsin Census-designated places in Wisconsin {{IronCountyWI-geo-stub