Minong (town), Wisconsin

Minong is a town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 858 at the 2000 census. The Village of Minong is located within the town.

U.S. Highway 53 and Wisconsin Highway 77 are two of the main routes in the community.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 71.0 square miles (183.9 km²), of which, 64.2 square miles (166.4 km²) of it is land and 6.8 square miles (17.5 km²) of it (9.52%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 858 people, 390 households, and 267 families residing in the town. The population density was 13.4 people per square mile (5.2/km²). There were 1,221 housing units at an average density of 19.0 per square mile (7.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.48% White, 0.12% Black or African American, 0.58% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. 0.35% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 390 households out of which 18.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.60.

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