Æsctreouw, Grissenwald

Æsctreouw (Aurentian for "Ashtree") was a former municipality in Dyske County, Grissenwald, Pacifica. At its peak in the 1910s, it had a population of about 2,038 people.

History
The area across this community plus a few others was never inhabited until the late 18th and early 19th centuries due to the Great Eastern Swamp being a shield from the area. In 1789, a certain amount of people were known to have ventured into the area but the first settlements came around 1791. How it gained its name is unknown since ash trees have never grown in the area, though it was rumoured that such a plant grew at the town's centre before it was taken down in a storm or an unknown protest.

From the 1820s to the 1850s, the community (though they were located about a few kilometres north of the actual city) was home to the Scømpssøn clan, a large family who practiced incest and allegedly cannibalism. The legitimacy of the first statement is true, though the second one is still up to speculation.

Over the course of about 150 years, the municipality had its own post office, a Class 1-Form 3 school, a paper mill along with a few other amenities.

By the Great Depression, most of the paper mills were running out of business with its land being worth a low price. The town was mostly abandoned due to a lack of financial opportunities

In 1985, desires to go through the swamp to see the ghost town were made, with the trip occurring in 1987. It has since and later turned into a national park.

Railways
Rail transport was expanded into the interior of Æsctreouw by the Bedford Northern Railway (later the Southern Coast Railway) in 1879 as a branchline. Three engines served the area from that year to 1935, when it closed due to the lack of funding. It was the only way to enter or leave the town other than a boatdue to its wet atmosphere. The engines were discarded sometime after the 1930s and laid abandoned until it was rediscovered in 1983.