Penokee, Wisconsin

Penokee is an unincorporated community located in the township of Morse, Ashland [County, Wisconsin|Ashland County], Wisconsin, United States. Penokee no longer exists but the old town was located south of County Highway GG, a few yards west of the railway at the Penokee Gap. Canadian National Railway west-southwest of Mellen The community takes its name from the Native Americans in the [United States|Native American] work apinikan, which means "wild potato ground". It was marked on local property maps through 1992, and is still marked on Wisconsin Department of Transportation maps.