Port Wing, Wisconsin

Port Wing is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Port Wing, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is situated along Wisconsin Highway 13 and Bayfield County Highway A and is west of Bayfield. The Flag River enters Lake Superior at Port Wing's harbor.

Population and area

As of the 2020 census, Port Wing's population was 156, which was a decrease from the figure of 164 tabulated in 2010. Port Wing has an area of, all land.

Education

Port Wing is the site of South Shore School District.

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.
Gary Sherman, politician and jurist, lived in Port Wing.