Boulder Junction, Wisconsin | |
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  Boulder Junction Location within Wisconsin  Boulder Junction Boulder Junction (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 46°5′16″N 89°41′19″W / 46.08778°N 89.68861°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Vilas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 100.4 sq mi (260.0 km2) |
| • Land | 81.9 sq mi (212.2 km2) |
| • Water | 18.5 sq mi (47.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,663 ft (507 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 958 |
| • Density | 11.7/sq mi (4.5/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| FIPS code | 55-08950[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1582845[1] |
| Website | http://townofboulderjunction.org/ |
Boulder Junction is a town in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 956 at the 2018 census.
In 1903, the Milwaukee Railroad laid tracks to the area that became known as Boulder Junction. While the railroad served the booming logging industry, it also attracted outdoors enthusiasts who came to fish and hunt. Electricity arrived in 1925. The town of Boulder Junction was incorporated in 1927. Phone service began in 1930. Also in the 1930s, wide-scale replanting began of the trees that had been harvested from the land during the logging boom of the previous decades.[3]
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "History".