Van Buskirk 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 Oma,

Iron County, Wisconsin Iron County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 6,137, making it the third-least populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat is Hurl ...

, United States.

History

A post office called Van Buskirk was established in 1890, and remained in operation until it was closed in 1933. The community was named for brothers George and Charles Van Buskirk. The two co-owned the town's sawmill, which operated from 1889 to 1893. Railroad service existed through the community, on a line which extended north and west to Ashland, and south to Eland and points beyond. It carried passengers until the foundation of Amtrak in 1973. Freight continued to run on the railroad through Van Buskirk until the early 1980s, when the line was abandoned.

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