Community in Ashland County
New Odanah
- County
- Ashland County
New Odanah is an unincorporated community and U.S. Census Bureau census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Sanborn, Ashland County, Wisconsin, on the Bad River Reservation of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. It holds most of the population of the Odanah village area (2020 CDP population 466) and, in local usage, is considered part of Odanah, the only name that appears on Wisconsin DOT maps. As a CDP it has no government of its own: the Bad River Band tribal government, seated at Odanah, is the largest employer in Ashland County (about 482 people) and operates the Bad River Lodge and Casino, the Moccasin Trail IGA, and other enterprises. Wild rice (manoomin), the Kakagon and Bad River sloughs, and Ojibwe cultural life, marked each August by the Manoomin Celebration Powwow, define its identity.
The record
Nothing we gather names New Odanah yet. That is a gap in our coverage, not a statement about the town. When a source we watch reports on New Odanah, it will appear here.
What the records show
42 of 44 independently verified
Authoritative data
- Ashland County holds 88 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
Overview
- Name: New Odanah (CDP) via data.census.gov
- Vs odanah: locally part of Odanah secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- County: Ashland County, Wisconsin via data.census.gov
- Reservation: Bad River Reservation via dpi.wi.gov
- Coords: 46.6028, -90.6594 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Land area: 2.426 via data.census.gov
Population and demographics
- 2020: 466 via data.census.gov
- Acs: 275 via censusreporter.org
- Mhi: 40417 via censusreporter.org
- Pci: 17944 via censusreporter.org
- Age: 38.2 via censusreporter.org
- Poverty: 30.2 via censusreporter.org
- Households: 99 via censusreporter.org
- Seasonal: no quantified swing found unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Government and civic
- Form: no CDP government; town + tribal seat inferred via dpi.wi.gov Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
- Council: seven-member Tribal Council secondary source via badriver-nsn.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Chair: Liz Arbuckle (Chairman) via badriver-nsn.gov
- Office: 72682 Maple Street; 715-682-7111 via badriver-nsn.gov
- Site: https://www.badriver-nsn.gov/ via badriver-nsn.gov
Schools
- District: Ashland School District via dpi.wi.gov
- Badriver students: 480 via dpi.wi.gov
- District enrollment: 1784 via nces.ed.gov
- Site: https://www.ashland.k12.wi.us/ via dpi.wi.gov
- Headstart: 59 via dpi.wi.gov
Economy and employers
- Employer top: ~482 via dpi.wi.gov
- Casino: Bad River Lodge and Casino via badriver-nsn.gov
- Enterprises: Moccasin Trail IGA; Moccasin Trail Conoco; Superior Connections; Gichigami Island Properties via badriver-nsn.gov
- Tourism: tribal government + natural/cultural economy secondary source via dpi.wi.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
Institutions and anchors
- Library: Bad River Public Tribal Library secondary source via scls.info Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Hospital: Memorial Medical Center, Ashland (~10 mi) secondary source via dpi.wi.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Postoffice: 54861 secondary source via tools.usps.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
Business and commerce
- Commerce: tribal enterprises on US 2; Ashland Area Chamber regionally inferred via dpi.wi.gov Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
Media
- Ashland daily press: Ashland Daily Press via apg-wi.com
- Tribal: badriver-nsn.gov via badriver-nsn.gov
Recreation and natural assets
- Sloughs: Kakagon and Bad River sloughs (~16,000 acres) secondary source via badriver-nsn.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Manoomin: manoomin (wild rice) via badriver-nsn.gov
- Reservation land: 124655 via dpi.wi.gov
Events and seasonal rhythm
- Manoomin powwow: Manoomin Celebration Powwow (August) via badriver-nsn.gov
- Seasonal: wild-rice / late-summer harvest rhythm secondary source via badriver-nsn.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
Infrastructure and access
- Hwy: US Highway 2 via dpi.wi.gov
- Airport: JFK Memorial (ASX), Ashland; DLH ~90 mi for commercial secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Hub: Ashland ~10 mi secondary source via dpi.wi.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Broadband: not confirmed unverified via dpi.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
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