Badger, Wisconsin

Badger is an unincorporated community in the town of Lanark in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1]

Geography

Badger is located in central Wisconsin approximately eight miles southeast of Amherst and approximately six miles southwest of Waupaca. Badger is approximately four miles northeast of the unincorporated community of Blaine and borders Hartman Creek State Park (Lat: 44° 20' 11.7", Lon: -89° 14' 20.3).

History

Badger was once a stop-over on the trail between Waupaca and Plover Portage (modern Plover) on what is today State Road 54. Badger was the seat for the town of Lanark, including at one time bearing a Post Office around 1870-1901 with the same name. Badger had several bars in its proximity.

Today, the garage and town hall for Lanark is located two miles to the east, near the intersection of State Road 54 and County Road TT. Badger no longer has its own Post Office, but several bars remain in the area.

Notes

External links

• Profile from the Portage County Historical Society
• University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point's Archives of Belmont Township, Wiscinsin

Municipalities and communities of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States County seat: Stevens Point City Stevens Point Villages Almond Amherst Amherst Junction Junction City Milladore‡ Nelsonville Park Ridge Plover Rosholt Whiting Towns Alban Almond Amherst Belmont Buena Vista Carson Dewey Eau Pleine Grant Hull Lanark Linwood New Hope Pine Grove Plover Sharon Stockton CDPs Bancroft Polonia Unincorporated communities Alban Arnott Badger Blaine Casimir Coddington Custer Dopp Ellis Esker Fancher Garfield Heffron‡ Jordan Keene Kellner‡ Little Waupon Meehan Mill Creek Community New Hope North Star Peru Rocky Run Stockton Torun West Almond West Bancroft Ghost town Lake Emily Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 44°20′11.7″N 89°14′20.3″W / 44.336583°N 89.238972°W / 44.336583; -89.238972