Community in Iron County
Iron Belt
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Iron Belt is a small unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Knight, Iron County, in far-northern Wisconsin, sitting on Wisconsin Highway 77 southwest of Montreal in the historic Gogebic (Penokee) iron range. It grew as an iron-mining hamlet around the Iron Belt Mine (about 1888 to 1912) and today is a quiet residential community whose ZIP-code post office (54536) doubles as the mailing address for its governing Town of Knight. Its 2020 Census population was reported at 158, and civic authority rests with the elected Town of Knight board (Chairman David Mullen, Clerk Jody Walbridge). Children attend the Hurley School District, and the area is known for the county-owned Uller cross-country ski trails, Weber Lake, and its Gogebic-range mining heritage.
The record
6 records name Iron Belt
- 4 news
- 1 obituaries
- 1 notices
- ASHLAND COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT: JULY 20-24 Notices August 3, 2026 via apg-wi.com paywalled
- Ironwood votes to upgrade worker safety News January 30, 2025 via yourdailyglobe.com paywalled
- Memorial Building News October 24, 2024 via yourdailyglobe.com paywalled
- Karen Jean Turk Obituaries December 1, 2017 via carlsonfh.com
- Wisconsin 77 project finished News September 20, 2017 via yourdailyglobe.com paywalled
- Street Work News August 2, 2016 via yourdailyglobe.com paywalled
What the records show
28 of 37 independently verified
Authoritative data
- Iron County holds 493 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
Overview
- Name: Iron Belt CDP via www2.census.gov
- Type: unincorporated CDP (in Town of Knight) via townofknightwi.org
- County: Iron County via co.iron.wi.gov
- Town: Town of Knight via co.iron.wi.gov
- Location: on WIS 77, southwest of Montreal secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Coords: 46.403009, -90.319218 via www2.census.gov
- Land area: 2.468 via www2.census.gov
- Elevation: 1555 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Population and demographics
- Town estimate: 206 via townofknightwi.org
- 2020: 158 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
- Form: Town of Knight board (chairman + 2 supervisors + clerk + treasurer) via townofknightwi.org
- Chair: David Mullen (Town Chairman) via townofknightwi.org
- Supervisors: Owen Garro; Mary Koski via townofknightwi.org
- Clerk: Jody Walbridge (Town Clerk) via townofknightwi.org
- Treasurer: Yvonne Garro (Town Treasurer) via townofknightwi.org
- Hall: P.O. Box 40, Iron Belt, WI 54536 via townofknightwi.org
- Term: 2-year terms; current term expires April 2027 via townofknightwi.org
- Site: townofknightwi.org via townofknightwi.org
- Notices: townofknightwi.org (Agendas & Minutes / News & Notices) via townofknightwi.org
Schools
- District: Hurley School District (K-12) via nces.ed.gov
- Enrollment: 544 via nces.ed.gov
- Site: hurley.k12.wi.us via hurley.k12.wi.us
Economy and employers
- Mining history: iron-mining origin; Iron Belt Mine c. 1888-1912 secondary source via dnr.wisconsin.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Industry: small residential; recreation/forest-oriented unverified via dnr.wisconsin.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Institutions and anchors
- Post office: ZIP 54536 via townofknightwi.org
- Hospital: Aspirus Ironwood Hospital (Ironwood, MI); Aspirus Hurley Clinic unverified via locations.aspirus.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
- Library: Hurley Public Library (Hurley) unverified via hurleypubliclibrary.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Media
- Miner: Iron County Miner (Hurley weekly) via ironcountyminer.com
- Globe: The Daily Globe (Ironwood, MI) unverified via ironcountyminer.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Recreation and natural assets
- Uller: Uller Trails (~18 km) via co.iron.wi.gov
- Weber lake: Weber Lake (Uller trailhead, warming cabin) via co.iron.wi.gov
- Range: Penokee (Gogebic) range secondary source via dnr.wisconsin.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
Events and seasonal rhythm
- Seasonal: four-season recreation rhythm unverified via co.iron.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Infrastructure and access
- Highways: WIS 77 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Airport: Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
- Hub: Hurley/Ironwood (nearest hub); Ashland farther west unverified via co.iron.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Local government
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