Beaver (community), Marinette County, Wisconsin

Beaver is an unincorporated community located in the town of Beaver, Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. Beaver is located along U.S. Route 141 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northeast of Pound.

Beaver, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Beaver, Wisconsin
Beaver, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45°08′15″N 88°01′04″W
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyMarinette
Elevation
204 m (669 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1561419[1]

Geography
Beaver, 1912 map detail

Beaver is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 141 and County Highway P,[2] at an elevation of 669 feet (204 m).[1] It is located along the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad.[3] It is connected by road to Pound to the south and Crivitz to the north. North Branch Beaver Creek flows north of Beaver, and South Branch Beaver Creek flows south of it. The two creeks join east of Beaver to form Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Peshtigo River.[2]

Name

Beaver was originally named Armstrong Dam in honor of Ferdinand Amesley "Pinochle" Armstrong (1834–1913), who settled there in the 1870s. Armstrong built a sawmill there and had a large residence on a 1,500-acre (610 ha) estate.[4] The community was renamed Beaver after Beaver Creek around 1884, when the post office was established.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaver (community), Marinette County, Wisconsin
  2. Crivitz Quadrangle Wisconsin–Marinette Co., 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). 1973. Map, 1:24,000. Reston, VA: U. S. Geological Survey.
  3. "Wisconsin Railroad & Harbors 2020" (PDF). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  4. "'Pinochle' Armstrong". Miami Daily News-Record. January 20, 1929. p. 14. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 24.
  • Media related to Beaver at Wikimedia Commons



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.