{"id":8891,"date":"2023-10-09T08:42:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T08:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8891"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:25:01","slug":"portage-county-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/portage-county-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Portage County, Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portage County is a county in Wisconsin, United States, about 35 miles south of Wausau in the
\nstate’s central sand plains. It had a population of 70,377 at the 2020 census, an estimated
\n71,943 by 2025, and covers 823 square miles (2,131.6 km2) centred near 44\u00b029\u2032N 89\u00b030\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Stevens Point is the county seat and the county’s only city; its postal code is 54481. The
\ncounty holds 1 city, 9 incorporated villages and dozens of unincorporated hamlets spread across
\n17 towns, and it runs on Central Time. Its FIPS code is 55097.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Portage County<\/h2>\n

Portage County has 12 named places with municipal or census recognition: 1 city, 9 villages
\nand 2 census-designated places (CDPs). CDP stands for census designated place, an unincorporated
\ncommunity with a Census Bureau population count but no local government of its own; the county’s
\nremaining 24-plus named hamlets have neither and are listed with the towns that contain them,
\nbelow.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTown<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Stevens Point<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n25,666<\/td>\n54481<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plover<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nPlover<\/td>\n13,519<\/td>\n54467<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whiting<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,601<\/td>\n54481<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amherst<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,117<\/td>\n54406<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polonia<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nSharon<\/td>\n565<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Park Ridge<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n530<\/td>\n54481<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bancroft<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPine Grove<\/td>\n526<\/td>\n54921<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rosholt<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n478<\/td>\n54473<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Almond<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n424<\/td>\n54909<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Junction City<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nCarson<\/td>\n420<\/td>\n54443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amherst Junction<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n383<\/td>\n54407<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nelsonville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n158<\/td>\n54407<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Three villages share a name with a separate civil town: the Village of Almond sits inside the
\nTown of Almond, the Village of Amherst inside the Town of Amherst, and the Village of Plover
\ninside the Town of Plover. Each village is its own incorporated government, independent of the
\ntown that surrounds it, so their populations above are not double-counted with the town figures
\nin the next table. A tenth village, Milladore, straddles the Portage—Wood county line but
\nsits mostly in Wood County; it is omitted here because its population is credited to Wood
\nCounty.<\/p>\n

Towns (Civil Townships)<\/h2>\n

Wisconsin’s equivalent of a township is called a town, and Portage County has 17 of them.
\nEach is its own unit of local government, separate from the villages and city above.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Town<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hull<\/td>\n5,287<\/td>\nCasimir, Jordan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stockton<\/td>\n3,018<\/td>\nArnott, Custer, Fancher, Stockton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sharon<\/td>\n2,123<\/td>\nEllis, Little Waupon, North Star, Polonia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grant<\/td>\n1,842<\/td>\nKellner (partial)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plover<\/td>\n1,565<\/td>\n— (borders the Village of Plover and Stevens Point)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lanark<\/td>\n1,535<\/td>\nBadger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amherst<\/td>\n1,402<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carson<\/td>\n1,374<\/td>\nMill Creek Community, Rocky Run<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buena Vista<\/td>\n1,145<\/td>\nCoddington, Keene<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linwood<\/td>\n1,070<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eau Pleine<\/td>\n1,063<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dewey<\/td>\n962<\/td>\nTorun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pine Grove<\/td>\n873<\/td>\nBancroft, West Bancroft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alban<\/td>\n863<\/td>\nAlban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Hope<\/td>\n711<\/td>\nNew Hope, Garfield, Peru<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Almond<\/td>\n625<\/td>\nWest Almond<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belmont<\/td>\n623<\/td>\nBlaine, Dopp, Heffron (partial)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n