Valley Junction, Wisconsin
Valley Junction is an unincorporated community located in the town of Byron, Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 173, County Highway G, and County Highway N.[2]
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![]() Looking north at Valley Junction on Wisconsin Highway 173 | |
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Coordinates: 44°03′12″N 90°24′44″W | |
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County | Monroe |
Elevation | 282 m (925 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 608 |
GNIS feature ID | 1576019[1] |

Looking north at the sign on WIS 173
History
Valley Junction was named from its location in a valley at the junction of two roads.[3] The post office had the name in 1900. Two railroads crossed in the center of town: the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway and the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.[4] They maintained a joint station.[5] The Milwaukee branch line between Tomah and Babcock is gone. The Omaha line remains as the Union Pacific Railroad line between the Twin Cities and Milwaukee.
Notes
- "Valley Junction, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- 2001-2 Wisconsin Official State Highway Map
- 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. 195.
- Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin, 1900, Ninth Biennial edition, prepared under the direction of Graham L. Rice, Railroad commissioner.
- Wisconsin (1916). Public Documents of the State of Wisconsin: Being the Biennial Reports of the Various State Officers, Departments and Institutions, ... State Printer. pp. 670–.
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