Port Wing, Wisconsin

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| official_name = Port Wing, Wisconsin

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| subdivision_name1 = Wisconsin

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Bayfield

| subdivision_type3 = Town

| subdivision_name3 = Port Wing

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| area_total_sq_mi = 1.150

| area_land_sq_mi = 1.150

| area_water_sq_mi = 0

| population_as_of = 2020

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

| population_total = 156

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| timezone = Central (CST)

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| elevation_ft = 676

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| postal_code = 54865

| area_code = 715 and 534

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Port Wing (also Portwing) is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Port Wing, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.{{cite gnis|1571798|Port Wing, Wisconsin}}[http://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/wi/bayfield/port-wing.cfm Hometownlocator.com] The community is along Wisconsin Highway 13 and Bayfield County Highway A. It is {{convert|30|mi}} west of Bayfield. The Flag River enters Lake Superior at Port Wing's harbor.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/bayfield.pdf |title=Wisconsin Department of Transportation-Bayfield County, Wisconsin |access-date=2014-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516224901/http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/bayfield.pdf |archive-date=2008-05-16 |url-status=dead }}

Population and area

As of the 2020 census, its population is 156, which is a decrease of 164 at the 2010 census.{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=19 April 2011}} Port Wing has an area of {{convert|1.150|mi2|km2}}, all of it land.

Education

Port Wing is the site of South Shore School District.[http://www.sshore.k12.wi.us/ South Shore School District]

Notable people

Jolene Anderson, former WNBA player, Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year in 2007-08 and the all-time leading scorer for the University of Wisconsin women's basketball team, grew up in Port Wing.
Megan Gustafson, 2019 Naismith Award winner and two-time Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year at the University of Iowa, was raised from infancy in Port Wing (though born in a Duluth, Minnesota hospital).
Gary Sherman, politician and jurist, lived in Port Wing.[http://votesmart.org/candidate/26334/gary-sherman Votesmart.org.-Gary Sherman]

Notes

External links

[http://www.portwingwi.com Port Wing Area Business Association]

Category:Census-designated places in Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Category:Census-designated places in Wisconsin