Leighton, Wisconsin
Leighton is a ghost town in Stiles Junction, Oconto County, Wisconsin. The community and settlement of Leighton was named for the John Leigh family who settled in the area along the Little River in the late 1860s and operated a small sawmill there into the 1880s. As in the case of many such settlements, the railroad's station name soon became the commonly used term and Leighton was renamed Stiles Junction ca. 1882. Leighton was located approximately 1.4 mile east of Stiles Junction on County Highway 22 by the Little River Bridge. The community established a post office in 1882 and it remained in operation for 4 years before being discontinued in 1886. The community most likely became a ghost town in the early 1910s.
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State Highway 22, Town of Stiles
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| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|
| N 44.888 ° | E -88.011 ° |
Address
State Highway 22 4979
54139 Town of Stiles
Wisconsin, United States
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