Port Wing, Wisconsin

Port Wing (also Portwing) is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Port Wing, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, Port Wing had a population of 156. The community is situated along Wisconsin Highway 13 and Bayfield County Highway A and is west of Bayfield. The Flag River enters Lake Superior at Port Wing's harbor.

Population and area

As of the 2020 census, Port Wing's population was 156, which was a decrease from the figure of 164 tabulated in 2010. Port Wing has an area of , all land.

Education

Port Wing is the site of South Shore School District.

Notable people

• Jolene Anderson, former WNBA player, Big Ten Conference 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, 2019 Naismith Award winner and two-time Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year at the University of Iowa, was raised from infancy in Port Wing (though born in a Duluth, Minnesota hospital).
• Gary Sherman, politician and jurist, lived in Port Wing.

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External links

• Port Wing Area Business Association