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This is a list of Superfund sites in Wisconsin designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Wisconsin counties (clickable map) The county is the primary political subdivision of Wisconsin. Every county has a county seat, often a populous or centrally located city or village, where the government offices for the county are located. Within each county are cities, villages and towns. As of 2016, Wisconsin had 72 counties. [1]
Five counties in Wisconsin have been renamed, but otherwise kept their same borders. [11] Bad Axe County existed from 1851 to 1862. It was named after the Bad Axe River and the Battle of Bad Axe. It was renamed to Vernon County in 1862. [12] Dallas County existed for 10 years, from 1859 to 1869.
As of the 2020 census, Wisconsin had a population of 5,893,718, and ranked 27th in the United States in population density. [9] [10] The center of population is located in Green Lake County, in the city of Markesan. [11] Wisconsin is divided into 72 counties, and has 190 cities, 407 villages, and 1250 towns. [12]
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That same year the village of Hayward was platted [15] and Sawyer County was established, formed from parts of early versions of Chippewa and Ashland Counties. The village of Hayward was designated its county seat. [15] The mill town and county seat grew. By 1897 "2,000 souls" lived in the village, with 120 men working in the mill.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.6 males.
State law requires the DNR enact a three-year baiting and feeding ban in counties where CWD has been detected and a two-year ban in adjoining counties within 10 miles of a CWD detection.