Birch, Ashland County, Wisconsin

Country

Elevation

860 ft (260 m)

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]

v t e 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 U.S. Route 2 Wisconsin Highway 13 Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Local Native American Tribes	Bad River Red Cliff La Pointe (historical)

v t e 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	Bayfront Birch Hill Clam Lake Diaperville Franks Field Glidden Jolmaville Marengo New Odanah Odanah
Other communities	Ballou Birch Foster Junction Highbridge La Pointe Morse North York Penokee Shanagolden
Indian reservation	Bad River‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Birch, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 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
Town	Sanborn
Elevation	860 ft (260 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	715 & 534
GNIS feature ID	1577516^[1]

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