Cable (CDP), Wisconsin

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in Bayfield County, Wisconsin

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| subdivision_name2 = Bayfield

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| subdivision_name3 = Cable

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| area_total_sq_mi = 1.043

| area_land_sq_mi = 1.043

| area_water_sq_mi = 0

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Cable CDP, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Cable%20CDP,%20Wisconsin |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 29, 2024}}

| population_total = 177

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| timezone = Central (CST)

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| postal_code = 54821

| area_code = 715 and 534

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Cable is an unincorporated, census-designated place located in the town of Cable, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.

The community is located {{convert|16|mi|km}} northeast of the city of Hayward along U.S. Highway 63 at County Highway M

Cable has a post office with ZIP code 54821.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=54821&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup] As of the 2020 census, its population was 177, down from 206 at the 2010 census.{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=29 March 2011}}

History

Cable was laid out in 1878.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA170 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=170}} It was named for R. Cable, a local hotel owner. A post office called Cable has been in operation since 1882.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Bayfield |title=Bayfield County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=3 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406191847/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Bayfield |archivedate=6 April 2015 }}

References

Category:Census-designated places in Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Category:Census-designated places in Wisconsin