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The county was created in 1859 [4] as Dallas County (named after Vice President George M. Dallas), with the county seat located at Barron. It was renamed Barron County on March 4, 1869. The county's name honors Wisconsin lawyer and politician Henry D. Barron, who served as circuit judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. [5] [6] Barron County ...
Pages in category "Transportation in Barron County, Wisconsin" ... Wisconsin Highway 48 This page was last edited on 25 July 2013, at 19:52 (UTC). Text ...
The highway passes through Ridgeland on the Barron County line. [4] WIS 25 passes west of Dallas, and through the small community of Hillsdale before entering Barron thirteen miles (19 km) north of the county line. The highway crosses US 8 in Barron. WIS 25 terminates at WIS 48 seven miles (11 km) north of Barron, or five miles (8 km) east of ...
County trunk highways first came into being in 1921. The first county highways were independent of the state's trunk highway system and lacked state legislative approval. By 1924, every county in Wisconsin had set up its own county highway system, with the state authorizing county highways in 1925. [3]
Barron is a city in and the county seat of Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,733 at the 2020 census . The city is surrounded by the Town of Barron .
U.S. Highway 8 (US 8) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs primarily east–west for 280 miles (451 km), mostly within the state of Wisconsin.It connects Interstate 35 (I-35) in Forest Lake, Minnesota, to US 2 at Norway, Michigan.
State Trunk Highway 13 (often called Highway 13, STH-13 or WIS 13) is a state highway running north–south across northwest and central Wisconsin. WIS 13 serves as a major north–south route connecting the communities of Wisconsin Dells , Wisconsin Rapids , Marshfield and Ashland .
In 1989, the entirety of US 53 in Wisconsin was designated the Peace Memorial Highway, commemorating citizens of Wisconsin who have worked to promote international peace. [13] A new four-lane divided highway section of U.S. 53 in Duluth was constructed in 2004. This section of the route is known locally as Piedmont Avenue.