Spooner, Wisconsin: Difference between revisions

'''Spooner''' is a city in [[Washburn County, Wisconsin|Washburn County]], [[Wisconsin]], [[United States]]. The population was 2,682 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. The city is located mostly within the southwest corner of the [[Spooner (town), Wisconsin|Town of Spooner]], with a small portion extending into the [[Beaver Brook, Wisconsin|Town of Beaver Brook]] on the south, the [[Bashaw, Wisconsin|Town of Bashaw]] on the southwest, and the [[Evergreen, Washburn County, Wisconsin|Town of Evergreen]] on the west. The city's nickname is "Crossroads of the North", a reference to the fact that the city is at the junction of two U.S. highways, [[U.S. Route 53 in Wisconsin|53]] and [[U.S. Route 63|63]], and State Highways [[Wisconsin Highway 70|70]] and [[Wisconsin Highway 253|253]]. The city was named after [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John Coit Spooner]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA192|year=1908|page=192}}</ref>