Towns

Rome

Rome is a town located in Adams County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,656. Rome is located at 44°12'9" North, 89°49'6" West (44.202580, -89.818460)¹. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 161.4 km² (62.3 mi²). 140.5 km² (54.3 mi²) of it is land and 20.9 km² (8.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 12.94% water.

Saratoga

Saratoga is a town located in Wood County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,383. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 132.5 km² (51.2 mi²). 128.0 km² (49.4 mi²) of it is land and 4.6 km² (1.8 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 3.44% water.

Port Edwards

Port Edwards is a village located in Wood County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,944. The village is located northeast and adjacent to the Town of Port Edwards. Port Edwards is located at 44°20'55" North, 89°51'25" West (44.348788, -89.856948)^GR1^{According
to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 18.9 km²
(7.3 mi²).
15.6 km² (6.0 mi²) of it is land and 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is water. The
total area is 17.15% water Originally known as
"Frenchtown," this community was settled by Europeans in the 1830s,
when it first formed around the nucleus of a sawmill operated by John Edwards
Jr. This business—jointly owned by this man's father, John Edwards Sr., and
the senior Edwards' partner, Henry Clinton—eventually evolved into a
papermaking concern.}

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Rapids}

Wisconsin Rapids is a city located in Wood County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,435. It is the county seat of Wood County^GR6. Together with surrounding communities, the Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan area was, according to the 2000 census, home to 48,123 people. Wisconsin Rapids is located at 44°23'12" North, 89°49'23" West (44.386805, -89.823078)^GR1. Although Europeans began to settle in this area in the 1830s, Wisconsin Rapids has been known by this name only since 1920. Prior thereto, the west side of the river-divided community was known as " Centralia " and the east-side of the city was known as " Grand Rapids ." The two communities merged in 1900, and the entire community come to be called Grand Rapids . The name was changed in 1920 to avoid mail and other goods from being misdirected to the much better known Grand Rapids, Michigan. Wisconsin Rapids was the hometown of Philleo Nash, an advisor to presidents Harry S. Truman and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Urged to do so by Nash, Truman racially integrated the U.S. military. Nash and his wife, poet and educator Edith, were also among the founding parents of the Georgetown Day School, the first racially integrated school in the nation's capital. Edith Nash was the second director of this school. Known for its papermaking manufacturing history, Wisconsin Rapids is also an important locale for the cranberry industry.

Rudolph

Rudolph is a village located in Wood County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 423. The village is located within the Town of Rudolph. Home of the St.Philip parish grotto and Wonder Cave . Rudolph is located at 44°29'49" North, 89°48'6" West (44.497202, -89.801896)^GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²). None of the area is covered with water. People come from all over the state to mail out their Christmas cards from here just so that they can say they mailed them from Rudolph. It adds a little more to the holiday season.

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