Greenleaf,_Wisconsin

Greenleaf, Wisconsin

Greenleaf, Wisconsin

Census-designated place in Wisconsin, United States

Greenleaf is an unincorporated census-designated place in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, in the town of Wrightstown.[3]

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History

As of the 2010 census it had a population of 607.[4] Greenleaf was named for Emery B. Greenleaf, the general manager of the Milwaukee & Northern railroad at the time the Greenleaf post office was established in 1873.[5]

Incorporation as a Village

In 2020, 800 residents of the community petitioned the state of Wisconsin to become a village.[6] The Wisconsin Incorporation Review Board denied the petition's "characteristics of the territory" requirement as the petition included 2 separate areas: one in the vicinity of a roundabout of state highways WIS 57 and Wisconsin Highway 96 and another isolated area to the east of the Niagara Escarpment.[6] The second area is isolated from the first by the escarpment, a quarry and vacant lands.[6]

A revised proposal was approved on April 13, 2022.[7]

Geography

It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highways 57/32 and 96.[8] It uses ZIP code 54126.[9] Greenleaf has an area of 1.042 square miles (2.70 km2), all of it land. The community is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.

References

  1. [1]
    "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. [2]
    "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Greenleaf, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. [4]
    "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Greenleaf CDP, Wisconsin". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  5. [5]
    Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0.
  6. [6]
    News, Brian Kerhin, FOX 11 (October 21, 2020). "Petition to create the village of Greenleaf denied". WLUK-TV. Retrieved January 24, 2021. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. [7]
    "WI DOA Greenleaf Incorporation Determination" (PDF). wi.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Greenleaf, Wisconsin". Google Maps. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
  9. [9]
    United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.

Images

  • Looking north at the intersection of Wisconsin Highways 57/32 and 96 in Greenleaf
  • The sign for Greenleaf
  • Greenleaf Post office
  • Looking east at Greenleaf along WIS 96
  • Greenleaf Fire department


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