Greenleaf is an
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census-designated place
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in
Brown County,
Wisconsin
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, United States, in the town of
Wrightstown.
History
As of the
2010 census it had a population of 607.
Greenleaf was named for Emery B. Greenleaf, the general manager of the Milwaukee & Northern railroad at the time the Greenleaf post office was established in 1873.
Incorporation as a Village
In 2020, 800 residents of the community petitioned the state of Wisconsin to become a village.
The Wisconsin Incorporation Review Board denied the petition's "characteristics of the territory" requirement as the petition included 2 separate areas: one in the vicinity of a
roundabout
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of state highways
WIS 57
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and
Wisconsin Highway 96
State Trunk Highway 96 (often called Highway 96, STH-96 or WIS 96) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs east–west in east-central Wisconsin from near Fremont, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, Fremont to Denmark, Wisconsin, Denmar ...
and another isolated area to the east of the
Niagara Escarpment
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.
The second area is isolated from the first by the escarpment, a quarry and vacant lands.
A revised proposal was approved on April 13, 2022.
Geography
It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highways
57/
32 and
96.
It uses
ZIP code 54126.
Greenleaf has an area of , all of it land. The community is part of the
Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
References
Images
File:WisconsinHighway57atWisconsinHighway96a.jpg, Looking north at the intersection of Wisconsin Highways 57/32 and 96 in Greenleaf
File:GreenleafWisconsinDOTSign.jpg, The sign for Greenleaf
File:GreenleafWisconsinPostOffice.jpg, Greenleaf Post office
File:GreenleafWisconsinDowntownWIS96.jpg, Looking east at Greenleaf along WIS 96
File:GreenleafWisconsinFireDepartmentWIS96.jpg, Greenleaf Fire department
Census-designated places in Brown County, Wisconsin
Greenleaf
Green Bay metropolitan area
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