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966:Looking Back: A History of Port Edwards
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25:Village in Wisconsin, United States
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986:Rudolph, Robert S. (1970).
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1436:communities
1167:County seat
938:January 31,
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802:Domtar Inc.
740:other races
706:2000 census
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626:2019 (est.)
356:2010 census
344:Wood County
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1573:Categories
1490:Nasonville
1449:Bakerville
1341:Marshfield
1296:Auburndale
1242:Auburndale
1203:Pittsville
1192:Marshfield
808:References
710:As of the
650:As of the
295:feature ID
195:Population
81:89°58′23″W
78:44°17′59″N
1535:Footnotes
1419:Ceex Haci
1361:Richfield
1356:Remington
1346:Milladore
1257:Milladore
828:August 7,
393:Geography
348:Wisconsin
283:FIPS code
225:Time zone
187:Elevation
140:Wisconsin
1464:Cranmoor
1376:Saratoga
1311:Cranmoor
1229:Villages
970:Archived
744:Hispanic
734:, 3.86%
730:, 1.08%
722:, 0.57%
684:Hispanic
287:55-64200
1485:Lindsey
1479:Kellner
1459:Blenker
1444:Altdorf
1414:Babcock
1371:Rudolph
1336:Lincoln
1301:Cameron
1268:Rudolph
1198:Nekoosa
1043:June 4,
910:May 27,
777:Economy
674:, 0.1%
670:, 1.1%
666:, 1.3%
662:, 0.9%
362:History
303:Website
298:1571796
107:Country
40:Village
1515:Indian
1505:Walker
1500:Veedum
1495:Sherry
1454:Bethel
1386:Sherry
1381:Seneca
1326:Hansen
1316:Dexter
1273:Vesper
1252:Hewitt
1184:Cities
748:Latino
712:census
688:Latino
652:census
591:−11.0%
426:Census
334:WIS 73
330:WIS 54
147:County
137:
117:
1434:Other
1391:Sigel
1331:Hiles
1291:Arpin
1283:Towns
1247:Biron
1237:Arpin
993:(PDF)
736:Asian
724:Black
720:White
672:Asian
660:White
634:−3.0%
629:1,763
621:−6.5%
616:1,818
601:1,944
586:1,848
576:−2.3%
571:2,077
561:15.0%
556:2,126
546:38.4%
541:1,849
531:12.1%
526:1,336
516:20.6%
511:1,192
501:30.9%
486:−0.4%
264:54469
253:(CDT)
251:UTC-5
230:UTC-6
211:1,763
203:1,818
127:State
1406:CDPs
1396:Wood
1366:Rock
1306:Cary
1045:2015
1023:2012
940:2008
912:2020
887:2012
859:2008
830:2020
612:2010
606:5.2%
597:2000
582:1990
567:1980
552:1970
537:1960
522:1950
507:1940
492:1930
477:1920
462:1910
447:1880
435:Note
430:Pop.
316:.gov
293:GNIS
158:Area
152:Wood
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