Benoit, Wisconsin

Benoit is an unincorporated community in the towns of Keystone and Mason, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] It is along County Highway F. Benoit is 13 miles southwest of the city of Ashland. Nearby is the junction of U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 63.[3]

Benoit, Wisconsin
unincorporated community
Benoit is located in Wisconsin
Benoit
Benoit
Benoit is located in the United States
Benoit
Benoit
Coordinates: 46°30′07″N 91°04′37″W
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyBayfield
TownsKeystone, Mason
Elevation
275 m (902 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
54816[1]
Area codes715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1578756[2]

History

The community was named for Antoine Benoit, a pioneer French settler.[4] Other names before Benoit included Thirty Miles Siding, Peckville, Peck and Benoitville.[5]

Notes
  1. "Benoit ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. "Benoit". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. "Benoit Populated Place Profile / Bayfield County, Wisconsin Data".
  4. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 168.
  5. Gard, Robert (2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names (2nd ed.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-87020-707-5.


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