Town in Bayfield County
Town of Port Wing
- Population
- 389
- County
- Bayfield County
- Location
- 46.748, -91.336
The Town of Port Wing is a small unincorporated township on the Lake Superior south shore in western Bayfield County, Wisconsin, in the Greater Northwoods. It is governed by an elected town board (chair Scott Jardine) and hosts the unincorporated community and federal harbor of Port Wing, which enters Lake Superior where the Flag River meets the lake along Wisconsin Highway 13. The town recorded 389 residents at the 2020 census, is served by the South Shore School District, and is known for its 1903 school (the first Wisconsin district to provide free student transportation), its harbor and commercial-fishing heritage, and its Labor Day weekend Fish Boil.
What the records show
- Population: 389 (2020 census), 391 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 47.181 sq mi land, 0.079 sq mi water, at 46.748413, -91.335542 via www2.census.gov
- Bayfield County holds 337 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Bibon Lake via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Town of Port Wing via portwing.gov
- County: Bayfield County via portwing.gov
- Cdp 2020: 156 via en.wikipedia.org
- Cdp acs: 148 via censusreporter.org
Local government
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