The Greater Northwoods

Village in Price County

Catawba

Population
141
County
Price County
Location
45.537, -90.534

Catawba is a small incorporated village in southwestern Price County, Wisconsin, strung along U.S. Highway 8 near the Rusk County line and surrounded by (and governed alongside) the separate Town of Catawba. It grew from an 1880s railroad and sawmill settlement, incorporated as a village in 1922, and reported a 2020 Census population of 141 (110 in 2010). Unlike the forested, lake-tourism towns that define most of Price County, Catawba is the county's agricultural outlier, a quiet dairy-and-homestead community with its own post office (ZIP 54515), a village government of President and Board of Trustees, and access to ATV and snowmobile trails and the South Fork Jump River. The village posts officials and notices through the Price County website, and area children attend the School District of Flambeau, based west in Tony.

The record

23 records name Catawba

  • 19 news
  • 4 obituaries

What the records show

31 of 46 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

Population and demographics

  • 2010: 110 via pricecountywi.net
  • 2020: 141 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • 2000: 149 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Median income: 26250 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Median age: 52 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Government and civic

Schools

  • Enrollment: 436 via nces.ed.gov
  • Site: flambeau.k12.wi.us via flambeau.k12.wi.us
  • District: School District of Flambeau (Tony) unverified via flambeau.k12.wi.us We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Former: Catawba School closed 2007 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Economy and employers

  • Industry: dairy / family farming secondary source via pricecounty.fun Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Employers: Catawba Farms; Ape Hangers Saloon; family dairy farms secondary source via pricecounty.fun Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Tourism: minor (trail access, hunting, fishing) secondary source via pricecounty.fun Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Institutions and anchors

  • Post office: U.S. Post Office, ZIP 54515 via pricecountywi.net
  • Fire: Catawba Fire Hall (N9242 US Hwy 8) via co.price.wi.us
  • Churches: Lutheran (1903); Catholic (~1908) secondary source via pricecounty.fun Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Hospital: Phillips / Ladysmith area (not confirmed) unverified via pricecounty.fun We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Library: no in-village library unverified via pricecounty.fun We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

  • Downtown: U.S. 8 crossroads; farm stand, saloon, Village Hall (1921) secondary source via pricecounty.fun Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Chamber: no local chamber (county tourism) unverified via pricecounty.fun We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Media

  • Price review: Price County Review unverified via apg-wi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Mynorthern: My Northern Wisconsin unverified via mynorthernwisconsin.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Recreation and natural assets

  • Jump river: South Fork Jump River secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Known for: farm country; ATV/snowmobile trails, hunting, fishing secondary source via pricecounty.fun Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Signature: no confirmed signature event unverified via pricecounty.fun We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Infrastructure and access

  • Highway: U.S. Highway 8 via pricecountywi.net
  • Airport: Price County Airport (Phillips); Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (commercial) unverified via pricecounty.fun We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Hub: Rhinelander (east); Phillips / Ladysmith closer unverified via pricecounty.fun We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

In memory, from Catawba

All obituaries

Every figure here traces to a primary public record, linked at the fact. We gather and cite; we do not author. See something off? Tell us.

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