Cranmoor, Wisconsin
| Cranmoor, Wisconsin | |
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| Town | |
 Location of Cranmoor, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates: 44°21′16″N 90°1′1″W / 44.35444°N 90.01694°WCoordinates: 44°21′16″N 90°1′1″W / 44.35444°N 90.01694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Wood |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.3 sq mi (109.7 km2) |
| • Land | 36.7 sq mi (95.1 km2) |
| • Water | 5.6 sq mi (14.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 988 ft (301 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 175 |
| • Density | 4.8/sq mi (1.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| FIPS code | 55-17525 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1583025 |
| PLSS township | most of T22N R4E and parts of T22N R5E and T21N R4E |
Cranmoor is a town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 175 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Cranmoor and Walker are located in the town.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 42.3 square miles (109.7 km²), of which, 36.7 square miles (95.2 km²) of it is land and 5.6 square miles (14.5 km²) of it (13.23%) is water.
Southern bits of Cranmoor were surveyed in 1839, early because they were within three miles of the Wisconsin River, touching the "Indian strip" which was sold by the Menominees to the U.S. government in the 1836 Treaty of the Cedars.
In the winter of 1851-52 a crew working for the U.S. government surveyed all the section corners of the land that would become Cranmoor, walking through the woods and probably crossing the marshes on the ice, measuring with chain and compass. When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description of the six mile square that now includes northwest Cranmoor:
This Township is very nearly all covered either with Marsh or swamp there is not to exceed in the Township two Sections of land that would admit of cultivation and that in detached parcels, not exceeding 20 acres in any one tract. The division between the open Marsh and swamp, which is more or less timber & extends from the S.W. Corner of the Township to the South east Corner of Section 12, surrounding the corners to Sec. 13. 14. 23. & 24. is an almost impenetrable swamp of Black alders(?) embracing about one Section of land. Timber on Swamp Tamarack & small Spruce(?) very thick. water from 6 to 20 inches deep, the marsh is covered with a light crop of grass, water from 12 to 40 inches deep, innumerable small Islands(?) interspered over this Town, the margins of which abound with Cranberries.
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