Ashland, a post-borough of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, 119 miles NW. of Philadelphia by rail, with coal-mines, foundries, and machine-shops. Pop. (1880) 6052; (1890) 7346. (2) Capital of Ashland county, Wisconsin, on Lake Superior, 391 miles by rail NW. of Milwaukee; pop. (1890) 9956.
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