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Community in Ashland County

Odanah

County
Ashland County

Odanah is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Town of Sanborn, Ashland County, Wisconsin, on the banks of the Bad River. It is the main village and seat of government of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa, whose reservation totals 124,655 acres straddling Ashland and Iron counties along the south shore of Lake Superior. The Bad River tribe is the largest employer in Ashland County (about 482 people), and the community anchors the Kakagon and Bad River Sloughs, a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance holding the largest natural wild rice bed on the Great Lakes. Population figures for the tiny CDP itself are drawn from the 2020 Census via secondary reporting and are flagged where a primary Census page could not be fetched.

The record

9 records name Odanah

  • 5 news
  • 4 notices

What the records show

30 of 33 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

  • Status: unincorporated community / CDP secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Seat: tribal seat of government via dpi.wi.gov
  • Coordinates: 46.6025 N, 90.6825 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: 2.617 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Elevation: 610 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Reservation acres: 124655 via dpi.wi.gov

Population and demographics

  • Cdp 2020: 47 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Newodanah 2020: 466 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Tribal members: 6945 via dpi.wi.gov
  • Reservation 2020: 1545 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

Economy and employers

Institutions and anchors

  • Clinic: Bad River Health & Wellness Center, 53585 Nokomis Road, Odanah via badriverhwc.com
  • Post office: post office since 1855; ZIP 54861 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Media

  • Tribal: badriver-nsn.gov/news via badriver-nsn.gov
  • Newspaper: Ashland Daily Press unverified via apg-wi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Recreation and natural assets

  • Kakagon ramsar: Kakagon and Bad River Sloughs, Ramsar (2012), 4,355 ha secondary source via dnr.wisconsin.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Natural assets: Bad River, ~500 mi rivers/streams, 30,000+ acres wetlands, Kakagon Sloughs via badriver-nsn.gov

Events and seasonal rhythm

Infrastructure and access

  • Highway: U.S. Highway 2 via dpi.wi.gov
  • Airport local: John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport (ASX) 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 miles via dpi.wi.gov
  • Airport commercial: Duluth International Airport (DLH), ~76 miles unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

In memory, from Odanah

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