Town in Bayfield County
Town of Bell
- Population
- 355
- County
- Bayfield County
- Location
- 46.775, -91.119
The Town of Bell is a small town on the south shore of Lake Superior in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, best known for the unincorporated community of Cornucopia (locally 'Corny'), which claims Wisconsin's northernmost post office and the western gateway to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore sea caves. Its 2020 census population was 355 (up from 263 in 2010), and it runs on a town-board form of government with a chairperson and three-plus-supervisor board that meets monthly at the Community Center. The economy is small-scale and tourism-driven, anchored by Siskiwit Bay's harbor, waterfalls (Lost Creek Falls, Siskiwit Falls), the Meyers Beach sea caves, and the historic Ehlers General Store (1915). Public education is provided by the South Shore School District in Port Wing.
What the records show
- Population: 355 (2020 census), 380 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 59.924 sq mi land, 0.755 sq mi water, at 46.775422, -91.119366 via www2.census.gov
- Bayfield County holds 337 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Siskiwit Lake, Perch Lake, Little Siskiwit Lake, Crystal Lake via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Town of Bell via bayfieldcounty.wi.gov
- Type: town (township) via bellwi.gov
- County: Bayfield County via bellwi.gov
- Coordinates: 46.8028 N, 91.1094 W via en.wikipedia.org
Local government
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