Official Name: | Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA Wisconsin |
Pushpin Label: | Baileys Harbor |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Wisconsin |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Wisconsin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Door |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Baileys Harbor |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.687 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.684 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.003 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 257 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 732 |
Coordinates: | 44.9517°N -87.3367°W |
Area Code: | 920 |
Baileys Harbor is an unincorporated census-designated place in Door County, within the town of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located on Wisconsin Highway 57 northeast of Jacksonport.[1] As of the 2010 census, its population was 257.[2]
It was the first established village on the Door Peninsula and was named after Captain Justice Bailey, who while seeking refuge from a violent storm on Lake Michigan found sanctuary in the sheltered harbor in 1848.[3]