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Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin | |
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 Wood County Courthouse | |
 Location of Wisconsin Rapids in Wood County, Wisconsin. | |
  Wisconsin Rapids  Wisconsin Rapids | |
| Coordinates: 44°23′12″N 89°49′23″W / 44.38667°N 89.82306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Wood |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Matt Zacher [1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.77 sq mi (38.25 km2) |
| • Land | 13.86 sq mi (35.88 km2) |
| • Water | 0.91 sq mi (2.37 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,027 ft (313 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 18,877 |
| • Density | 1,360.2/sq mi (525.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 54494-54495 |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| FIPS code | 55-88200[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1576906[5] |
| Website | http://www.wirapids.org |
Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Wisconsin River.[6] The population was 18,877 at the 2020 census.[3] It is a principal city of the Marshfield–Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Wood County and had a population of 74,207 in 2020.[7]
The city was established in the late 1830s as the series of rapids along the Wisconsin River provided good sites for water-driven sawmills, and nearby forests held pine lumber to be sawed and floated down the river. After the lumber dwindled, the water power drove electric generators and various other enterprises–particularly paper mills.[8]
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- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "2020 Decennial Census: Marshfield-Wisconsin Rapids, WI Micro Area". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
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