La Pointe, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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La Pointe is an unincorporated community in the town of La Pointe, Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. It is on the western shore of Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands. Downtown La Pointe is adjacent to the Madeline Island Ferry dock. La Pointe has a post office with ZIP code 54850.[3]
La Pointe, Wisconsin | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 46°53′07″N 90°28′36″W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Ashland |
Town | La Pointe |
Area | |
• Total | 78.0 sq mi (201.9 km2) |
• Land | 77.6 sq mi (200.9 km2) |
• Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
Elevation | 751 ft (229 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
FIPS code | 55-42562[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1583529[1] |
Website | Official website |
While the area encompassing the Town of La Pointe is made up of the entire Apostle Islands archipelago, the residents of the community live almost exclusively on Madeline Island because it is the only Apostle Island open to commercial development.[4] The United States Census Bureau does not publish population figures specific to the unincorporated community, but the surrounding town had a population of 428 in the 2020 census.[5]