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Place Name
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Ashland
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Capital Of
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Ashland County
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Population
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8,695 (1990)
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Location
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Ashland County, Wisconsin (WI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°34'N
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Longitude
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90°52'W
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Ashland
, town (1990 pop. 8,695)  Ashland co.,
extreme N Wis., port of entry on Chequamegon Bay of L. Superior,
60 mi/97 km E of Superior; 46°34'N
90°52'W. RR terminus with RR/ship transfer point; mfg.
(apparel, consumer goods, construction materials, paper; printing);
ironworks, woodworks. Agr. research station to W. Harbor is icebound
Dec.-April; port ships iron ore (mined in Gogebic Range), coal, lumber.
John F. Kennedy Airport. Northland Col. is here. Fr. explorers visited
(17th cent.) the bay shore; and a Fr. mission was founded (1665) near
Ashland by Father Allouez. Large Bad R. Indian Reservation to E;
Chequamegon Natl. Forest to W and S. Apostle Isls. Natl. Lakeshore to
N. Settled 1854, the city grew as an iron-mining and lumbering center,
and as terminus for 1st RR in N Wisconsin (1877). Inc. in 1887.
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