Upson 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
Iron County,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, United States. Upson is located at the junction of
Wisconsin Highway 77 and
Wisconsin Highway 122 southwest of
Hurley, in the town of
Anderson. Upson had an
Air Defense Command
Aerospace Defense Command was a major command (military formation), command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air De ...
radar station of the Permanent System radar network (P-16B, ) and 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 ...
, which closed on March 16, 1985. One of the three people that surveyed the area was named Upson.
Images
File:Upson Wisconsin Downtown Looking North WIS 122 South Terminus.jpg, Looking north at Upson from southern terminus of WIS122
File:Upson Wisconsin Sign Looking East WIS77.jpg, Looking east at the sign for Upson on WIS77
File:Upson Wisconsin Sign Looking West WIS77.jpg, Looking west at the sign for Upson on WIS77
References
Permanent System radar stations
Unincorporated communities in Iron County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
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