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Middleport, Wisconsin
La Pointe is a town in Ashland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 428 at the 2020 census. The town includes all of the Apostle Islands except for the westernmost four, which lie in the towns of Bayfield and Russell in Bayfield County. The town includes the unincorporated community of La Pointe on Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands (and the only one open for commercial development). The communities of Middleport and Old Fort are also located in the town. Its name in the Anishinaabe language is ''Mooningwanekaaning,'' meaning "The Home of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker". Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 78.0 square miles (201.9 km2), of which, 77.6 square miles (200.9 km2) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) of it (0.50%) is water. Madeline Island is part of the Town of La Pointe. County Highway H serves as a main route. Nearby is Chequamegon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Counties In Wisconsin
There are 72 counties in the U.S. State of Wisconsin. The land that eventually became Wisconsin was transferred from British to American control with the 1783 signing of the Treaty of Paris. It was an unorganized part of the Northwest Territory until 1802 when all of the land from St. Louis north to the Canadian border was organized as St. Clair County. When Illinois was admitted to the union in 1818, Wisconsin became part of the Territory of Michigan and divided into two counties: Brown County in the northeast along Lake Michigan and Crawford County in the southwest along the Mississippi River. Iowa County was formed in 1829 from the Crawford County land south of the Wisconsin River. Brown County's southern portion was used to form Milwaukee County in 1834. The state of Wisconsin was created from Wisconsin Territory on May 29, 1848, with 28 counties. The most populous county in the state is Milwaukee County at 928,059 people at the 2021 Census estimate. Its population i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
