Hurley, Wisconsin
| Hurley, Wisconsin | |
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| City | |
Silver Street
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 Location in Iron County and the state of Wisconsin. |
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| Coordinates: 46°27′1″N 90°11′23″W / 46.45028°N 90.18972°WCoordinates: 46°27′1″N 90°11′23″W / 46.45028°N 90.18972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Iron |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.58 sq mi (9.27 km2) |
| • Land | 3.42 sq mi (8.86 km2) |
| • Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,496 ft (456 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,547 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,547 |
| • Density | 452.3/sq mi (174.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| FIPS code | 55-36525 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1566822 |
Hurley is a city in and the county seat of Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,547 at the 2010 census. It is located directly across the Montreal River from Ironwood, Michigan.
Hurley is located on the Montreal River, the border between Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was founded to serve the interest of both lumbermen and miners. Hurley and adjacent Gile were lumber towns, while nearby mining towns included Montreal, Ironwood, Michigan, Bessemer, Michigan and Wakefield, Michigan.
Hurley took its name from M. A. Hurley, a prominent attorney of Wausau who won a lawsuit for the Northern Chief Iron Company in 1884. The compensation for winning the suit was that he asked for no fee, but only requested that the town involved in the case be named after him. The full name "Glen Hurley" was used for one year, but in 1885, the first name was dropped and the community became known as Hurley.
Henry Meade was the first mayor of Hurley, Wisconsin. John Ankers opened Hurley’s first saloon, and served as Hurley’s first town clerk, first justice of the peace, and first fire chief.
The Gogebic Range Directory of 1888 states: "During the past summer, Hurley was twice visited by terrible fires. The first occurred of June 28 and the second on July 9. These destroyed almost the entire business portion of the city, and at first it was thought that they would prove a crushing blow to its prosperity, but later events have proven that they were blessings in disguise. The wonderful pluck and energy of its businessmen were fully demonstrated when they at once began the erection of fine brick buildings in the place of the wooden ones destroyed. The result has been that the burned portion has been rebuilt with brick and stone, making them nearly fireproof. And Silver Street is one that a much larger city could well be proud of."
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