Community in Ashland County
Glidden
- County
- Ashland County
Glidden is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Jacobs, Ashland County, in far northern Wisconsin, sitting on Wisconsin Highway 13 and County Highway N in the headwaters of the Chippewa River. Named for Charles R. Glidden, a founder of the Wisconsin Central Railroad, and originally called Chippewa Crossing, it had a 2020 Census population of 437 and is governed not as a village but through the Town of Jacobs, whose town hall sits in Glidden at 23 N. Grant Street. Its identity is built on the Northwoods forest economy and outdoor recreation: it brands itself the Black Bear Capital after a 665-pound record bear taken nearby in 1963, and it serves as a gateway to the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and the Ashland County Forest. Children attend the Chequamegon School District (Screaming Eagles), which keeps a campus in Glidden and is headquartered in Park Falls.
What the records show
- Ashland County holds 88 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Glidden (formerly Chippewa Crossing) via en.wikipedia.org
- Name origin: Charles R. Glidden (Wisconsin Central Railroad) via en.wikipedia.org
- Type: Census-designated place (unincorporated) via www2.census.gov
- County: Ashland County via ashlandcountywi.gov
- Coords: 46.134673, -90.572127 via www2.census.gov
- Land area: 2.158 via www2.census.gov
- Zip: 54527 via tools.usps.com
In memory, from Glidden
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