Rhinelander, Wisconsin Rhinelander, Wisconsin Looking east at downtown Rhinelander with view of the Oneida County Courthouse dome Looking east at downtown Rhinelander with view of the Oneida County Courthouse dome Location of Rhinelander, Wisconsin Location of Rhinelander, Wisconsin Rhinelander is positioned in Wisconsin Rhinelander - Rhinelander Location of town/city in Wisconsin / United States State Wisconsin Rhinelander is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.
The region that eventually became the town/city of Rhinelander was originally called Pelican Rapids by early settlers, titled for the stretch of rapids just above the convergence of the Wisconsin and Pelican Rivers.
Vaughn traveled up the Wisconsin River in order to cruise timber for Brown's father, E.
Upon arriving at the meeting point of the Wisconsin and Pelican Rivers at the site of John Curran's trading post, and seeing the high banks along the rapids and the excellent pine stands, Anderson Brown envisioned a foundry town with a lumber foundry powered by the waters of the Wisconsin River.
Brown's vision would not come to fruition for some years, however after subsequent expeditions with the rest including his brother and Rhinelander's first mayor, Webster Brown, the brothers managed to convince their father and uncle to purchase the territory from the federal government and build a town.
In its charter, the town/city was titled Rhinelander after Frederic W.
Rhinelander of New York, who was president of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Road at the time. This was part of a bid by the Brown brothers to induce the barns to extend a spur to the locale to further their lumbering business.
Ultimately, after over ten years of negotiations, the Brown family agreed to convey half their territory holdings in the region to the barns in exchange for a rail line to their future city.
In 1882, the barns line from present-day Monico to Rhinelander was completed, jump starting the evolution of Rhinelander as the commercial core of the region. Rhinelander is positioned at 45 38 22 N 89 24 44 W (45.639515, -89.412086). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.61 square miles (22.30 km2), of which, 8.34 square miles (21.60 km2) is territory and 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.2% White, 1.0% African American, 1.2% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% from other competitions, and 1.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,545 homeholds of which 26.9% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 34.6% were married couples residing together, 13.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 47.1% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 40 years.
21.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25% were from 25 to 44; 25% were from 45 to 64; and 19.1% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.83% White, 0.39% African American, 0.96% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other competitions, and 1.15% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,214 homeholds out of which 28.9% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 41.2% were married couples residing together, 12.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 42.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 9.4% of families and 12.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.1% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.
The Rhinelander School District serves the area.
The Lake Julia ground of Nicolet Area Technical College is positioned just outside Rhinelander.
A University of Wisconsin program, School of the Arts at Rhinelander, takes place every summer.
Rhinelander is a commercial, industrialized and recreation core for the Northwoods region of Wisconsin.
BUS US 8 serves the town/city of Rhinelander.
WIS 17 travels north to Eagle River, Wisconsin and south to Merrill, Wisconsin.
WIS 47 runs north to Woodruff, Wisconsin and runs south to Antigo, Wisconsin.
Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (KRHI) serves Rhinelander and the encircling Oneida county communities with both scheduled commercial jet service and general aviation services.
Located two miles southwest of the city, the airport handles roughly 24,860 operations per year, with roughly 88% general aviation, 6% scheduled commercial air service and 6% air taxi.
In addition, the Rhinelander VORTAC (RHI) navigational facility is positioned at the field. The Rhinelander region has various vacation destinations, offering fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, ATVing, mountain biking and hiking, hunting, golfing, cross nation skiing and snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and bird watching.
In addition to serving Rhinelander, WJFW-TV also serves the Wausau area.
Conversely, Wausau's region stations, including CBS partner WSAW-TV and ABC partner WAOW, also serve Rhinelander.
A undivided statue of the Hodag on display in front of the Rhinelander chamber of commerce.
Rhinelander is the home of the Hodag, a folkloric green and white creature said to stalk the small-town woods.
The Hodag serves as mascot for the town/city and for Rhinelander High School and Northwoods Community Secondary School.
Rhinelander is home to the Hodag Country Festival, a nation music festival.
Rhinelander Historical Society Museum Rhinelander School Museum Elizabeth Burmaster, Wisconsin Superintendeant of Public Instruction and former President of Nicolet Area Technical College Gilley, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Neil Mc - Eachin, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and judge Moran, Wisconsin State Senator Rogers, Wisconsin State Assemblyman United States Enumeration Bureau.
Rhinelander, Wisconsin: Pineview Publishing.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
'Wisconsin Blue Book 1933,' Biographical Sketch of Neil Mc - Eachin, pg.
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