Withee, Wisconsin

Withee, Wisconsin
Village
Farm on south side of Withee
Coordinates: 44°58′51″N 90°43′48″W / 44.98083°N 90.73000°W / 44.98083; -90.73000Coordinates: 44°58′51″N 90°43′48″W / 44.98083°N 90.73000°W / 44.98083; -90.73000
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Clark
Area
• Total	0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2)
• Land	0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	1,247 ft (380 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	487
• Estimate (2012)	480
• Density	586.7/sq mi (226.5/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	715 & 534
FIPS code	55-88300
GNIS feature ID	1584465

Withee is a village in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 487 at the 2010 census. The village is located mostly within the Town of Hixon, with a small portion extending south into the Town of Longwood.

Withee was founded in 1870, named after a Maine schoolteacher. It became an incorporated village in 1901, and was the principal shipping point for D.J. Shipping Mills through the Soo Line Railroad.

In 1893 a Danish Lutheran minister from Chicago, a follower of Grundtvig, moved with a few families into the town of Hixon north of Withee to form a Danish community and church. Other Danes joined them from around the state and by 1896 the congregation included thirty families. The Danish language was spoken and in 1913 the community even hired a teacher of Danish folk-dancing and gymnastics. Gradually the Danish community blended with the surrounding English speakers, but Nazareth Lutheran church remains.

Today Withee is largely a farming community located one mile from the town of Owen. Although the Village of Withee and the City of Owen are separate municipalities, they operate and communicate as one large community, even sharing the same elementary and high school, the Owen-Withee school district.

Withee is located at 44°57′18″N 90°35′56″W / 44.95500°N 90.59889°W / 44.95500; -90.59889 (44.955168, -90.598908).