Port Wing, Wisconsin

Census-designated place in Wisconsin, United States

46°46′29″N 91°23′12″W / 46.77472°N 91.38667°W / 46.77472; -91.38667CountryUnited StatesStateWisconsinCountyBayfieldTownPort WingArea

• Total1.150 sq mi (2.98 km²) • Land1.150 sq mi (2.98 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Elevation

676 ft (206 m)Population

(2010)

• Total164 • Density140/sq mi (55/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

54865

Area code(s)715 and 534GNIS feature ID1571798^[1]

Port Wing (also Portwing) is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Port Wing, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1]^[2] The community is along Wisconsin Highway 13 and Bayfield County Highway A. It is 30 miles (48 km) west of Bayfield. The Flag River enters Lake Superior at Port Wing's harbor.^[3]

Population

As of the 2010 census, its population is 164.^[4] Port Wing has an area of 1.150 square miles (2.98 km²), all of it land.

Education

Port Wing is the site of South Shore School District.^[5]

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.^[6]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Port Wing, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Hometownlocator.com
^ "Wisconsin Department of Transportation-Bayfield County, Wisconsin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
^ South Shore School District
^ Votesmart.org.-Gary Sherman