Donald, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 45°15′09″N 90°53′49″W / 45.25250°N 90.89694°W | |
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County | Taylor |
Elevation | 366 m (1,201 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
GNIS feature ID | 1564049 [1] |
Donald is an unincorporated community (nearly a ghost town) located in the town of Pershing, Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States, [1] where the Canadian National Railway crosses County Highway M.
Donald was founded in 1903, [2] where the Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company built a sawmill on the Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, and Northeastern Railway (a.k.a. the Omaha). [3] The community was named for Donald Campbell, the son of the president of Fountain-Campbell. Before that, the spot was called Fountain Spur, for the other principal of that company. [2]
Donald had a boarding house for sawmill workers. [4] A post office was established in 1904. [5] Around 1905 the J.S. Owen Company built a line for the Wisconsin Central Railway crossing the Omaha line at Donald and heading northwest for Superior - now part of the Canadian National Railway. [6] At some point, the Omaha RR set up a box car as Donald's depot. [4] Donald grew to boast a school and a church. [7]
But after the timber near Donald was depleted around 1916, Fountain-Campbell shut down their sawmill there and moved it north of Ladysmith to Crane, where timber remained. [8] With that, Donald began to dwindle. The Omaha Railroad stopped running in the late 1930s and track was pulled up. [9] The post office closed in 1942. [5] As of 2023, only a few homes and the Canadian National remained.
Donald, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 45°15′09″N 90°53′49″W / 45.25250°N 90.89694°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Taylor |
Elevation | 366 m (1,201 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
GNIS feature ID | 1564049 [1] |
Donald is an unincorporated community (nearly a ghost town) located in the town of Pershing, Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States, [1] where the Canadian National Railway crosses County Highway M.
Donald was founded in 1903, [2] where the Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company built a sawmill on the Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, and Northeastern Railway (a.k.a. the Omaha). [3] The community was named for Donald Campbell, the son of the president of Fountain-Campbell. Before that, the spot was called Fountain Spur, for the other principal of that company. [2]
Donald had a boarding house for sawmill workers. [4] A post office was established in 1904. [5] Around 1905 the J.S. Owen Company built a line for the Wisconsin Central Railway crossing the Omaha line at Donald and heading northwest for Superior - now part of the Canadian National Railway. [6] At some point, the Omaha RR set up a box car as Donald's depot. [4] Donald grew to boast a school and a church. [7]
But after the timber near Donald was depleted around 1916, Fountain-Campbell shut down their sawmill there and moved it north of Ladysmith to Crane, where timber remained. [8] With that, Donald began to dwindle. The Omaha Railroad stopped running in the late 1930s and track was pulled up. [9] The post office closed in 1942. [5] As of 2023, only a few homes and the Canadian National remained.