Birch, Ashland County, Wisconsin

Birch, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Birch, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 46°32′18″N 90°34′32″W / 46.53833°N 90.57556°W / 46.53833; -90.57556Coordinates: 46°32′18″N 90°34′32″W / 46.53833°N 90.57556°W / 46.53833; -90.57556
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Ashland
Elevation	860 ft (260 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	715 & 534
GNIS feature ID	1577516[1]

Birch is an unincorporated community located in the town of Sanborn, Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. Birch is located along U.S. Route 2 on the Bad River Indian Reservation, 15.15 miles (24.38 km) east-southeast of Ashland.

Birch was so named because the original town site was a forest of white birch.^[2]

References

Chequamegon Bay Communities Ashland Washburn Bayfield La Pointe Red Cliff Odanah Related Geographic Aspects Apostle Islands Bad River Bayfield Peninsula Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Chequamegon Point Light Lake Superior Lake Superior Lowland South Shore of Lake Superior U.S. Route 2 Wisconsin Highway 13 Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge Local Native American Tribes Bad River Red Cliff La Pointe (historical)

Municipalities and communities of Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States County seat: Ashland Cities Ashland‡ Mellen Village Butternut Towns Agenda Ashland Chippewa Gingles Gordon Jacobs La Pointe Marengo Morse Peeksville Sanborn Shanagolden White River CDPs Birch Hill Clam Lake Diaperville Franks Field Glidden Marengo New Odanah Odanah Unincorporated communities Ballou Birch Cayuga Foster Junction Highbridge Holts Landing La Pointe Middleport Minersville Morse North York Old Fort Peeksville Penokee Petes Landing Sanborn Sedgwick Shanagolden White River Indian reservation Bad River‡ Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties