Talk:Ashton Corners, Wisconsin

Ashton Corners

I changed Ashton Corners to Ashton because that's its current name. GNIS includes both historical names and contemporary names. There may be an Ashton Corners on some antique map at the USGS (from which GNIS gets some of its data), but no one in that area refers to the hamlet as "Ashton Corners." Google "St. Peter's Ashton," for example, and you'll see that the school and church refer to themselves as located in Ashton. I was actually stunned to see Ashton referred to in WP as "Ashton Corners." I asked my aunt, who was born in Ashton, if she'd ever heard it referred to as "Ashton Corners," and she said never in all her 90 years had she ever heard it called that. This is confirmed by the Dane County Department of Planning and Development. See Unincorporated Hamlets of Dane County, Wisconsin, for example. Also check the state's official Dane County map. You'll find an Ashton there, but no Ashton Corners. Cassidy's Place Names contains both historical names and contemporary names. It says the following:

Ashton For Ashton PO, which was moved here in 1867 : the crossroad in W sec. 26, SPRINGFIELD. Also called Ashton Corners. Formerly Pickart's Corners.

Ashton Corners = Ashton

It's clear that the residents of Ashton, Dane County government, the state of Wisconsin, and Cassidy all consider Ashton to be the preferred name.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.76.153.27 (talk • contribs) 23:23, December 8, 2008

If you want an article about Ashton, no one is stopping you from creating one. The coords in this article point to Ashton Corners, which is to the east of Ashton. --Dual Freq (talk) 23:39, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Regardless of what you aunt in Hartford says, there is an Ashton and an Ashton Corners. No one is stopping you from making an article for Ashton, but this is the article for Ashton Corners, which is located east of Ashton.[1] Town of Springfield plan listing both Ashton and Ashton Corners

USGS GNIS lists the following populated places:

Ashton Corners 1560984 Populated Place Dane 430825N 0893114W WI Springfield Corners 299 981 - 29-AUG-1980

Ashton 1560983 Populated Place Dane 430826N 0893229W WI Springfield Corners 305 1001 - 29-AUG-1980

If you need an article for Ashton, go right ahead and create it. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:10, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

20040928_springfield_survey.pdf. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:12, 9 December 2008 (UTC) letter noting removal of siren at Aston Corners. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:14, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

"I'm referring to the lights at Ashton Corners, Springfield Corners and the intersection of highways 12 and 78 near Sauk City." --Dual Freq (talk) 01:15, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

"Looking south at the US 12/County K intersection (Ashton Corners). Existing US 12 is the roadway on the right and Middleton is in the upper part of the photo." --Dual Freq (talk) 01:18, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

"2003 marks the beginning of construction on the 5.6-mile US 12 segment from WIS 19 west to County K at Ashton Corners." --Dual Freq (talk) 01:17, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Image of Ashton Corners. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:19, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Dane County plan mentioning Ashton Corners. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:21, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Water Softner service area including Ashton and Ashton Corners. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:24, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

A family History mentioning Ashton Corners --Dual Freq (talk) 01:28, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

You're delusional that there are two separate places. I checked the coordinates and Ashton Corners is 515 feet from Ashton. That's hardly two separate places! Plus you think a water softener ad is more accurate than the official state map of Dane County? These are the kinds of references WP uses-- No wonder it's the laughing stock of the world!

As to genealogy data-- Here are 293 people who were born in Ashton, Wisconsin: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=ashton%2C+wisconsin&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search

Here are 190 people who died in Ashton, Wisconsin: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=&byear=&brange=0&dplace=ashton+wisconsin&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search

Here are 239 people who were married in Ashton, Wisconsin: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=ashton+wisconsin&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search

The database I cite has 552,357,167 names in it. Not a single person in it was born, married, or died in Ashton Corners. 12.76.133.74 (talk) 01:41, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

If you need an article for Ashton, go right ahead and create it. This is entitled Ashton Corners, not Ashton. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:48, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

You must have dropped a zero somewhere, that's over a mile. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:32, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't recall saying they were not in the same area, just that you are editing an article called Ashton Corners. When you should be editing one for Ashton. Here is a map. I think Terraserver works in Connecticut. --Dual Freq (talk) 01:37, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Here is the state of Wisconsin's official Dane County map. There is no Ashton Corners on it. 12.76.133.74 (talk) 01:44, 9 December 2008 (UTC)