Port Wing (also Portwing) is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Port Wing, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2] The community is along Wisconsin Highway 13 and Bayfield County Highway A. It is 30 miles (48 km) west of Bayfield. The Flag River enters Lake Superior at Port Wing's harbor.[3]

Port Wing, Wisconsin
Census-designated place
Port Wing
Coordinates: 46°46′29″N 91°23′12″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Bayfield
Town	Port Wing
Area
• Total	1.150 sq mi (2.98 km2)
• Land	1.150 sq mi (2.98 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	676 ft (206 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	164
• Density	140/sq mi (55/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	54865
Area code(s)	715 and 534
GNIS feature ID	1571798[1]

Population

As of the 2010 census, its population is 164.[4] Port Wing has an area of 1.150 square miles (2.98 km²), all of it land.

Education

Port Wing is the site of South Shore School District.[5]

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.[6]

Notes

External links

• Port Wing Area Business Association

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