Ford, Wisconsin
| Ford, Wisconsin | |
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| Town | |
 Location of Ford, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates: 45°9′41″N 90°45′40″W / 45.16139°N 90.76111°WCoordinates: 45°9′41″N 90°45′40″W / 45.16139°N 90.76111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Taylor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.1 sq mi (90.8 km2) |
| • Land | 32.8 sq mi (84.9 km2) |
| • Water | 2.3 sq mi (6.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,260 ft (384 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 276 |
| • Density | 8.4/sq mi (3.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| FIPS code | 55-26425 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1583212 |
| PLSS township | T31N R3W, roughly |
Ford is a town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 276 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Polley is located in the town.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.1 square miles (90.8 km²), of which, 32.8 square miles (84.8 km²) of it is land and 2.3 square miles (6.0 km²) of it (6.59%) is water.
Most of the water area is Chequamegon Waters, also known as Miller Dam, a man-made lake in the northeast corner of the town.
In mid-summer of 1847 a crew working for the U.S. government surveyed a six-mile square which approximates the current boundaries of Ford. Then in October 1854 another crew marked all the section corners in the township, walking through the woods and swamps, measuring with chain and compass. When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:
This Township contains numerous swamps some of which are of considerable extent they are all unfit for cultivation. The surface is Generally level the low Hemlock lands the soil is 3d rate the uplands 2d. The whole of the Township is covered with Timber and is chiefly composed of Hemlock and Y Birch. The River Enters the Township Near the NW corner of section 1 and flows in a south westerly course with a swift current and has a good motive power for mills. There is no improvements on this Township. The Hemlock and Swamps Except Alder area covered with moss(?).
In 1933 much of the cut-over east half of Ford was designated part of the Chequamegon National Forest
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