Spread Eagle is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Florence County, in the town of
Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025.
Florence ...
, in the
U.S. state of
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
. It is part of the Iron Mountain, MI–WI
Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Transportation
The community is located on
U.S. Highway 141 and
U.S. Highway 2, about six miles northwest of
Iron Mountain,
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
. It is near the south end of Railroad Lake of the Spread Eagle Chain of Lakes.
Attractions
The lake chain was named "Spread Eagle" because when seen from the sky, the chain resembles an eagle with wings spread. Spread Eagle has frequently been noted on lists of
unusual place names. The
Spread Eagle Barrens State Natural Area is located nearby. The Badwater Ski-Ters Water Ski Show performs during the summer.
Notable people
*
Lorraine Seratti, Wisconsin businesswoman and state legislator, lived in Spread Eagle.
['Wisconsin Blue Book 2001-2002, Biographical Sketch of Lorraine Serrati, pg. 45]
Notes
External links
Spread Eagle Chain of Lakes Association websiteSpread Eagle Barrens
Unincorporated communities in Florence County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
Iron Mountain micropolitan area
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