Plover, Wisconsin
| Plover, Wisconsin | |
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The Plover Watertower
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 Plover, Wisconsin
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| Coordinates: 44°27′16″N 89°35′1″W / 44.45444°N 89.58361°WCoordinates: 44°27′16″N 89°35′1″W / 44.45444°N 89.58361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Portage |
| Settled, platted | 1844-45 |
| First incorporation | March 6, 1857 |
| Second incorporation | March 11, 1912 |
| Third incorporation | September 28, 1971 |
| Dissolved (twice) | 1870; 1931 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.79 sq mi (27.95 km2) |
| • Land | 10.35 sq mi (26.81 km2) |
| • Water | 0.44 sq mi (1.14 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,070 ft (326 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 12,123 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 12,239 |
| • Density | 1,171.3/sq mi (452.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| FIPS code | 55-63550 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1583942 |
Plover is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. A suburb of Stevens Point, it is part of the Stevens Point Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,123 at the 2010 census.
The area that later became Plover was selected as the county seat of Portage in 1844. The election for the county seat only noted the general location of an unsettled area around present-day Plover. Until the area was settled, county business was actually conducted in the community of Rushville. The Plover area was platted in 1845, and received a post office at the same time under the name "Plover Portage". The name of the post office was changed to "Plover" in 1850.
In 1857, State Senator Luther Hanchett of Plover introduced a bill to incorporate the Village of Clayton in the community; he later amended the bill to make the name the Village of Algernon. That bill passed the Wisconsin Legislature, incorporating the Village of Algernon on March 6, 1857. (Algernon was probably named for Algernon B. Crosby, a postmaster in Portage County.) On May 4, 1858, the name of the village was again changed, this time to the Village of Stanton. And in 1864, the name of the village was finally changed to Plover.
In 1868, the county seat was moved to Stevens Point, following an energetic battle in newspapers and the state legislature. The village of Plover was dissolved. Government of the area fell to the Town of Plover.
Plover was again incorporated as a village on March 8, 1912 after area residents' approval in an election. This incorporation was not long lived, as Plover was again dissolved on October 7, 1931 after another election. An attempt at re-incorporation failed in 1965.
Plover re-incorporated, for the third time, on September 28, 1971. The vote for incorporation was narrow: 311 for and 289 against. The population of the village at that time was 2618. It incorporated about 6.75 square miles (17 km2) of territory, and increased to about 7.25 square miles (19 km2) in 1981, after annexation. Annexations continued nearly every year until the present.
The current Village President is Tom Davies, elected in 2015.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 10.79 square miles (27.95 km2), of which, 10.35 square miles (26.81 km2) of it is land and 0.44 square miles (1.14 km2) is water.
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