Port Wing (also Portwing) is an unincorporated

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

in the town of Port Wing,

Bayfield County Bayfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population is 16,220. Its county seat is Washburn. The county was created in 1845 and organized in 1850. The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chipp ...

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, United States. The community is along Wisconsin Highway 13 and Bayfield County Highway A. It is west of Bayfield. The Flag River enters

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at Port Wing's harbor.

Population and area

As of the 2020 census, its population is 156, which is a decrease of 164 at the 2010 census. Port Wing has an area of , all of it land.

Education

Port Wing is the site of

South Shore School District South Shore School District is located in Port Wing, Wisconsin and serves students in grades Pre-K through 12. It is located on School Road and Washington Avenue. The name South Shore was suggested in 1942 by Alice Okkonen, an elementary schoo ...

Notable people

* Jolene Anderson, former WNBA player,

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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,

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Naismith Award winner and two-time

Women's Basketball Player of the Year at the

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, was raised from infancy in Port Wing (though born in a

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hospital). * Gary Sherman, politician and jurist, lived in Port Wing.Votesmart.org.-Gary Sherman
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Notes

External links

Port Wing Area Business Association
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