Westboro, Wisconsin
| Westboro, Wisconsin | |
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Much of the town is wild national forest land - wooded hills sprinkled with bogs and little lakes, like this one along CTH D.
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 Location of Westboro, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates: 45°20′17″N 90°25′50″W / 45.33806°N 90.43056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Taylor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 125.4 sq mi (324.9 km2) |
| • Land | 124.1 sq mi (321.4 km2) |
| • Water | 1.3 sq mi (3.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,473 ft (449 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 660 |
| • Density | 5.3/sq mi (2.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| FIPS code | 55-85450 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1584401 |
| PLSS township | T33N R2W, T33N R1W, T33N R1E, and part of T33N R2E |
| Website | http://townofwestboro.com |
Westboro is a town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 660 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Westboro is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Queenstown is also located in the town.
Westboro is the largest town in Taylor County. Instead of the typical six miles by six, it is six by twenty miles. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 125.4 square miles (324.9 km²), of which, 124.1 square miles (321.4 km²) of it is land and 1.3 square miles (3.5 km²) of it (1.07%) is water.
In 1847, surveyors working for the U.S. government walked the six mile squares that would become the town of Westboro. They marked off the outline of the town on foot using compass and chain. A crew came back in 1858 to survey all the section lines. When done, the deputy surveyor filed a general description for each six-mile square. Of them, the description of west-central Westboro (T33N R1W) is clearest:
This Township contains a few Tamarac and Cedar Swamps of Small extent, most of them unfit for cultivation. The surface is a Rolling Soil first and Second rate. Timber chiefly Hemlock Birch, Maple, Pine, Tamarac and Cedar. There is a large Windfall runs across the North West corner bears in South West and North East Direction Timber Decayed and grown to second Growth Popler.
There is several creeks in this Township among which is the Yellow River runs in a North Westerly course across the South West corner of the Township. It is a deep and narrow Stream flows in a gentle current, not good for forming Motive Power for Mill. There is another Stream of considerable extent enters the Township near the South East corner and runs in a gentle current Northwesterly. It is a deep narrow Stream banks low and principally lined with Alder.
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