Price County is a

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in the

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Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,054. Its

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is Phillips.

History

Price County was created on March 3, 1879, when Wisconsin Governor William E. Smith signed legislation creating the county. The county was later organized in 1882.

William T. Price William Thompson Price (June 17, 1824December 6, 1886) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He represented Wisconsin's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 until his death, and was su ...

(1824–1886), for whom Price County was named, was President of the

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and an early logger in Price County; he later was elected to the U.S. Congress. The county was formed from portions of Chippewa and Lincoln counties. The first white settler in what is now Price County was Major Isaac Stone, who located on the Spirit River in 1860 to engage in lumbering. Price County continues today to be a large producer of raw timber.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.9%) is water. The highest natural point in Wisconsin,

Timms Hill Timms Hill or Timm's Hill is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and is located in north-central Wisconsin in Timms Hill County Park in the Town of Hill in Price County. After being surveyed by Quentin Stevens of Ogema Tel ...

at 1,951 feet (595 m), is located in Price County.

Adjacent counties

* Ashland - northwest *

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- northeast * Lincoln - southeast *

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- east *

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- west *

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- west * Taylor - south * Vilas - northeast

Major highways

* U.S. Highway 8 *

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* Highway 70 (Wisconsin) * Highway 86 (Wisconsin) * Highway 102 (Wisconsin) * Highway 111 (Wisconsin) * Highway 182 (Wisconsin)

Railroads

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Buses

* Bay Area Rural Transit * List of intercity bus stops in Wisconsin

Airports

* KPBH - Price County Airport * KPKF - Park Falls Municipal Airport * 5N2 - Prentice Airport

National protected area

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(part)

Demographics

2020 census

As of the census of 2020, the population was 14,054. The

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was . There were 10,735 housing units at an average density of . The

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of the county was 94.2% White, 0.9% Pacific Islander, 0.6% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% Black or African American, 0.5% from other races, and 3.1% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 1.3% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 15,822 people, 6,564 households, and 4,417 families residing in the county. The population density was 13 people per square mile (5/km²). There were 9,574 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.22% White, 0.10% Black or African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 44.4% were of

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, 6.5% Norwegian, 5.9% Swedish, 5.4% Polish, 5.2% Irish and 5.0% Czech ancestry. There were 6,564 households, out of which 28.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.50% were

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living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.70% were non-families. 28.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.91. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.80% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 25.80% from 25 to 44, 25.70% from 45 to 64, and 18.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.00 males. In 2017, there were 127 births, giving a general fertility rate of 71.4 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the 13th highest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties. Additionally, there were fewer than five reported induced abortions performed on women of Price County residence in 2017.Reported Induced Abortions in Wisconsin
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Communities

Cities

* Park Falls * Phillips (county seat)

Villages

* Catawba * Kennan * Prentice

Towns

* Catawba * Eisenstein * Elk * Emery * Fifield * Flambeau * Georgetown * Hackett *

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* Kennan * Knox *

Lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

* Ogema * Prentice * Spirit *

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Census-designated place

* Ogema

Unincorporated communities

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* Clifford (partial) *

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* Fifield * Lugerville * Pennington * Spirit *

Ghost towns/neighborhoods

* Coolidge *

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* Kennedy * Knox Mills * Sassen

Politics

References

External links

Price County

Price County map
at Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Price County Historical Society
{{authority control 1882 establishments in Wisconsin Populated places established in 1882