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Cornucopia

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Bayfield County

Cornucopia (locally 'Corny') is an unincorporated community on Lake Superior at the northern end of the Bayfield Peninsula in the Town of Bell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, and it markets itself as the western gateway to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Its 2020 census population was 103 (up from 98 in 2010), and it is best known for claiming Wisconsin's northernmost post office, the historic Ehlers General Store (1915), and the Siskiwit Bay harbor where the Siskiwit River meets Lake Superior. As an unincorporated community it has no municipal government of its own; it is governed by the Town of Bell town board and children attend the South Shore School District in Port Wing. The economy is small-scale and tourism-driven, anchored by Lake Superior recreation, the harbor, waterfalls, and the nearby sea and ice caves.

The record

6 records name Cornucopia

  • 5 news
  • 1 opinion

What the records show

39 of 46 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

  • Name: Cornucopia secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Type: unincorporated community secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • County: Bayfield County via bellwi.gov
  • Coordinates: 46.85389 N, 91.10194 W secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Land area: 2.264 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Elevation: 623 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Population and demographics

  • 2020: 103 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Acs estimate: 108 inferred via censusreporter.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Median income: 104375 inferred via censusreporter.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Per capita income: 48776 inferred via censusreporter.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Median age: 64.1 inferred via censusreporter.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Seasonal swing: unknown unverified via visitcornucopia.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Tourism: tourism / small-scale inferred via visitcornucopia.com Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Ehlers: Ehlers General Store (1915) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Employers ranked: unavailable (ranked list) unverified via visitcornucopia.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Institutions and anchors

  • Postoffice: Cornucopia Post Office (northernmost in WI) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Community: Community Center, Green Shed Museum, Swenson Pavilion via bellwi.gov
  • Clinic flag: none in-town unverified via bellwi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

Media

Recreation and natural assets

  • Harbor: Siskiwit Bay Marina secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Seacaves: Apostle Islands / Mawikwe Bay sea caves secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Campground: Siskiwit Lake Campground, Harbor/Marina via bellwi.gov
  • Waterfalls: Lost Creek Falls, Siskiwit Falls unverified via visitcornucopia.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Art crawl: Cornucopia Art Crawl (Sept 12, 2026) via visitcornucopia.com
  • Seasonal: summer-peaking, winter ice-cave draw inferred via visitcornucopia.com Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Cornucopia day: Cornucopia Day (August) unverified via visitcornucopia.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: WIS 13, CTH C secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport local: Cornucopia Airport (local); DLH nearest commercial via bellwi.gov
  • Nearest hub: Washburn/Ashland/Bayfield (SE/E) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Broadband: unknown unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

In memory, from Cornucopia

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