Welcome to Port Wing ...

Port Wing is located in Bayfield County<1>.

The location of Port Wing has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Wing, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

A typical abbreviation for Port Wing: Prt. Wing

Port Wing is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Port Wing lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Port Wing: (715) and (534)<4>

Communities near Port Wing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Wing.

• Cloverland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
  • Cloverland is located in Douglas County
• Moquah
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
  • Moquah is located in Bayfield County
• Two Harbors
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Harbors
  • Two Harbors is located in Lake County (MN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Two Harbors <5>
• Delta
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Delta is located in Bayfield County
• Knife River
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
  • Knife River is located in Lake County (MN)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knife River <5>
• Benoit
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
  • Benoit is located in Bayfield County
• Lake Nebagamon
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Nebagamon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Nebagamon
  • Lake Nebagamon is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
• Poplar
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
  • Poplar is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
• Washburn
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
  • Washburn is located in Bayfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
• Sutherland
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
  • Sutherland is located in Bayfield County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Port Wing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Wing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Wing. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Port Wing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Wing. See our Newspapers Page for Port Wing.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Wing ...

Looking for more information about Port Wing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Port Wing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Port Wing.

Adding Port Wing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Wing in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Port Wing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Port Wing post office opened in 1893.

We also found Port Wing on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Wing.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Port Wing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bayfield County: www.bayfieldcounty.org/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/