Village in Price County
Prentice
- Population
- 563
- County
- Price County
- Location
- 45.541, -90.293
Prentice is a small incorporated village in southern Price County in Wisconsin's Northwoods, sited where State Highway 13 and US Highway 8 cross the Jump River. It incorporated as a village in 1899 and grew as a lumber and leather-tanning center; its 2020 Census population was 563, estimated at 558 as of January 1, 2025. The village is run by an elected board led by Village President Brad Swenson with Laurie Andreae as Clerk/Treasurer, and its children attend the PK-12 Prentice School District (the Buccaneers). Its economy leans on wood products (Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill and firewood-equipment maker Multitek Inc.) and river recreation, and its signature event is Prentice Progress Days on Labor Day weekend.
What the records show
- Population: 563 (2020 census), 558 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 2.019 sq mi land, 0.025 sq mi water, at 45.541224, -90.292805 via www2.census.gov
- Price County holds 152 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Prentice Flowage 59 via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Village of Prentice via vil.prentice.wi.gov
- Type: incorporated village via www2.census.gov
- Incorporated: 1899 via en.wikipedia.org
- County: Price County via co.price.wi.us
Local government
In memory, from Prentice
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