Stevens Point, Wisconsin Stevens Point, Wisconsin Location of Stevens Point, Wisconsin Location of Stevens Point, Wisconsin Stevens Point is the governmental center of county of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The town/city was incorporated in 1858.
Its 2010 populace of 26,717 makes it the biggest city in the county. Stevens Point forms the core of the United States Enumeration Bureau's Stevens Point Micropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2010 populace of 69,916.
Stevens Point is home to the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point and a ground of Mid-State Technical College.
Historically part of the Menominee homelands, a three-mile strip along the Wisconsin River was ceded to the United States in an 1836 treaty.
Stevens Point was titled after George Stevens, who directed a grocery and supply company on the Wisconsin River amid the extensive logging of interior Wisconsin.
Loggers on the river found this a convenient stopping point, as the river bends slightly and the operation was from far upstream.
The town advanced from Stevens's post and was titled for him. In 1845, the postal service came to Stevens Point and with this enhancement in communications, inside twenty years, the populace tripled.
In 1847, the first plat was laid out of what would turn into the City of Stevens Point, including what was then and now known as the Public Square.
The town square originally was an region next to the Wisconsin River where professionals, craftsmen, businessmen and loggers gathered before their journey north or south on the river, bringing revenue to the area.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city encompasses 17.20 square miles (44.55 km2), including 15.96 square miles (41.3 km2) of territory 1.24 square miles (3.2 km2) of water. The Stevens Point Area Public School District serves the city, as do the Pacelli Catholic Schools.
Jacobs, and two high schools, Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH) and Charles F.
The town/city serves as the core of the Portage County Public Library, which provides educational resources and programming for grownups, young grownups and children.
Stevens Point is home to the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (UWSP).
Five primary roads pass through Stevens Point: Commercial service is available through Central Wisconsin Airport (KCWA) positioned midway between Stevens Point and Wausau, near Mosinee.
General aviation, charter flights and air cargo operators use the Stevens Point Municipal Airport (KSTE).
Stevens Point Transit fitness provides enhance transportation.
The teen sitcom Liv and Maddie is set in Stevens Point. Francis have their mother home in Stevens Point.
Catholic churches in the town/city include Holy Spirit, St.
A wide range of Catholic and Lutheran churches spread throughout Stevens Point.
Within the past century, other theological groups have made their mark on Stevens Point.[not in citation given] Major employers in the region include Verso paper mill, Associated Banc-Corp, Sentry Insurance, Travel Guard (travel and insurance), Donaldson Company, Skyward (software design), Lands' End, Canadian National Railway, Delta Dental of Wisconsin, Worzalla Publishing, Figis, Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection, and the Stevens Point Brewery.
Companies with corporate command posts in the town/city include Sentry Insurance, Ki Mobility, Delta Dental of Wisconsin, and Skyward.
Associated Bank, Canadian National, AIG and the Donaldson Company operate county-wide command posts in Stevens Point.
Business developments in the region include Crossroads Commons, Portage County Business Park, Venture Drive and Corporate Center, Stevens Point Industrial Park, Eastridge, Parkdale Plazas, Stevens Points East Side and Downtown Stevens Point At one time, Midstate Airlines had its command posts in Stevens Point. Stevens Point is home to a improve theater group, Central Wisconsin Area Community Theatre (cw - ACT), a children's exhibition and a group of exhibitions run by the Portage County Historical Society, including the Beth Israel Congregation Museum, positioned in the former Jewish church.
As time went by, more religions joined the town square, and by 1900, Catholic, Lutheran, and Methodist churches and Jewish Jewish churchs were established inside one mile of the downtown area.
The downtown region was designated a "Wisconsin Main Street Community" and offers specialty shops and restaurants.
Buildings in downtown Stevens Point are made from materials including Lake Superior limestone, brick, and red granite.
The town/city and county administrative offices are positioned downtown, as well as a bank county-wide command posts and two insurance companies.
Stevens Point hosts the world's biggest trivia contest, run by UWSP's airways broadcast, WWSP-FM.
The region hosts 20 advanced parks, a 26-mile (42 km) bicycle and a jogging trail (the Green Circle Trail) that surrounds and winds through the city, and the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, which runs through the city.
The Schmeeckle Reserve, a nature reserve, is positioned on the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point campus.
The region also has Goerke Park, including a football stadium where middle school, high school and college athletes compete.
The Backwaters Paddle Quest canoe adventure challenge has been held in Stevens Point on the Wisconsin River since 2002, usually amid the second week of August. Players paddle their crafts over two days past checkpoints along the river, encountering characters who act out a storyline that continues year to year.
Stevens Point was listed in Relocate-America's Top 10 Best Places to Live in 2007 and 2008 for the United States and listed in the Top 100 for 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. It was listed in the Top Ten Recreation metros/cities in America in 2010. In 2009 CNNMoney.com ranked Stevens Point the 18th best place to retire. The periodical stated that there was "plenty for retirees to do in the summertime" as well as the winter, including hiking, biking and skiing the Green Circle Trail.
Quickfacts.census.gov - Stevens Point, WI - accessed 2012-03-07 City of Stevens Point Comprehensive Plan 2005 - Population and housing methodologies - Appendix D, p.2 - accessed 2012-03-07 Portage County Historical Society of Wisconsin - county time line, 1827 thru 1998 - accessed 2012-03-07 "Stevens Point Area Public School District - District Home".
Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Journal.
"Head Office: 3101 Dixon Street, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481, USA." "Portage County Historical Society".
"Portage County Cultural Festival~ Stevens Point, WI".
"Interactive City Directory".
Media related to Stevens Point, Wisconsin at Wikimedia Commons "Stevens Point".
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