Port Wing, Wisconsin | |
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Port Wing | |
| Coordinates: 46°46′29″N 91°23′12″W / 46.77472°N 91.38667°W / 46.77472; -91.38667 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Bayfield |
| Town | Port Wing |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.150 sq mi (2.98 km2) |
| • Land | 1.150 sq mi (2.98 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 676 ft (206 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 156 |
| • Density | 136/sq mi (52.4/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 54865 |
| Area codes | 715 and 534 |
| GNIS feature ID | 15717982 |
Port Wing (also Portwing) is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Port Wing, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.23 As of the 2020 census, Port Wing had a population of 156.4 The community is situated along Wisconsin Highway 13 and Bayfield County Highway A and is 30 miles (48 km) west of Bayfield. The Flag River enters Lake Superior at Port Wing's harbor.5
Population and area
As of the 2020 census, Port Wing's population was 156, which was a decrease from the figure of 164 tabulated in 2010.6 Port Wing has an area of 1.150 square miles (2.98 km2), all land.
Education
Port Wing is the site of South Shore School District.7
Notable people
- Jolene Anderson, former WNBA player, Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year in 2007-08 and the all-time leading scorer for the University of Wisconsin women's basketball team, grew up in Port Wing.
- Megan Gustafson, 2019 Naismith Award winner and two-time Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year at the University of Iowa, was raised from infancy in Port Wing (though born in a Duluth, Minnesota hospital).
- Gary Sherman, politician and jurist, lived in Port Wing.8
Notes
Notes
- "Census Bureau profile: Port Wing CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- "Port Wing, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- Hometownlocator.com
- "2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
- "Wisconsin Department of Transportation-Bayfield County, Wisconsin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
- South Shore School District
- Votesmart.org.-Gary Sherman