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Town of Parrish, Langlade County, Wisconsin
A Ghost Town
- Village
- Located (45° 27.27' N, -89° 21.33' W) SE 1/4, SW 1/4, Sec. 3, T34N, R9E.
- Irwin had a post office from 1915 until 1922.
- Based on the following circumstantial evidence I would guess this was at one time a supply base for logging camps in the area or saw mill and maybe named after the postmaster Howard Irwin Sparks?
- Shown on map of Railroad Lines in the County, in Not Long Ago book by Larry Van Goethem.
- A 1997 plat book shows a 40 acre section at this location owned by Robert & Matthew Fronek, MFL.
- The area was full of logging camps and was located one-half mile east of the Parrish Junction to Parrish railroad tracks which is now County Highway "Q" and one mile south of Parrish Junction.
- A topographic map shows the area is just west of a marsh or swamp.
- A topographic map shows a walking trail starts at Highway "Q" (45° 27.61' N, -89° 22.04' W) going through Irwin and ending in the northeast corner of section 10.
- An aerial photograph of the area seems to show the trail and a clearing among the trees.
- Research References
- WW I Draft Card Records. Residents found: Ernest Sargent Sparks a farmer and Howard Irwin Sparks, postmaster.
- See references on Parrish page.
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