Esker, Wisconsin

Esker is an unincorporated community in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.

Geography

Esker (pronounced EEE-skir) is located in central Wisconsin approximately four miles east of Stevens Point on U.S. Highway 10 near Portage County Road K (to the north). Esker is less than a mile northeast of Custer in the town of Stockton (Lat: 44° 31' 15.3" Lon: -89° 26' 04.4").

History

Esker was once a budding settlement to the north of Custer, boasting the St. Mary's Parish and surrounding subdivisions up on the hill. Today, after the restructuring of U.S. Highway 10 into a four-lane freeway and ramp-interchange with County Road J, Esker is split: "Custer Square" only has access out to County Road J on its west side while Esker Road, Summit Lane, and Lloyd Court are only accessible via County Road K to the east. Many have considered Esker to be a general part of the unincorporated community of Custer,^[1] which is downhill and closer to the railroad tracks.

Notes

Municipalities and communities of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States County seat: Stevens Point City Stevens Point Villages Almond Amherst Amherst Junction Junction City Milladore‡ Nelsonville Park Ridge Plover Rosholt Whiting Towns Alban Almond Amherst Belmont Buena Vista Carson Dewey Eau Pleine Grant Hull Lanark Linwood New Hope Pine Grove Plover Sharon Stockton CDPs Bancroft Polonia Unincorporated communities Alban Arnott Badger Blaine Casimir Coddington Custer Dopp Ellis Esker Fancher Garfield Heffron‡ Jordan Keene Kellner‡ Little Waupon Meehan Mill Creek Community New Hope North Star Peru Rocky Run Stockton Torun West Almond West Bancroft Ghost town Lake Emily Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 44°31′15.3″N 89°26′04.4″W / 44.520917°N 89.434556°W / 44.520917; -89.434556