La Pointe, Wisconsin
La Pointe, Wisconsin | |
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Location of La Pointe, within Ashland County, Wisconsin | |
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| Coordinates: 46°46′45″N 90°47′12″W / 46.77917°N 90.78667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Ashland |
| Area | |
• Total | 78.1 sq mi (202.4 km2) |
| • Land | 77.8 sq mi (201.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.39 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 610 ft (190 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 428 |
| • Density | 5.5/sq mi (2.1/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 54850 |
| Area codes | 715 & 534 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1567683 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1583529 |
| Website | townoflapointewi |
La Pointe (Ojibwe: Mooningwanekaaning) is a town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. The town includes all of the Apostle Islands except for the westernmost four, which lie in the towns of Bayfield and Russell in Bayfield County.
While the area encompassing the Town of La Pointe is made up of the entire Apostle Islands archipelago, the residents of the community live on the western shore of Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands because it is the only Apostle Island open to commercial development. The population was 428 at the 2020 census. Downtown La Pointe is adjacent to the Madeline Island Ferry dock. Neighborhoods include Middleport and Old Fort. La Pointe has a post office with ZIP code 54850. Its name in the Anishinaabe language is Mooningwanekaaning, meaning "The Home of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker".