Bayport, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:Bayport, Wisconsin
Settlement Type:Former Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Wisconsin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:La Pointe
Established Date:March 1856
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Land Km2:9716.1
Area Land Sq Mi:3751.4

Bayport was a town in La Pointe County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.[1]

When La Pointe County was established in 1845, it consisted of all of present-day Bayfield, Ashland, and Douglas counties. The county also consisted of only one town: the Town of La Pointe. This situation continued until March 1856, when the town of Bayport was created. Bayport consisted of all of La Pointe County except for the Apostle Islands, which remained the Town of La Pointe.[2]

The town eventually faded from existence when people migrated out of the town; administration of the area fell back to the Town of La Pointe.[3] The Town of Ashland,[4] Bayfield,[5] and Town of Superior,[6] was created out of the territory in 1867. By that time, the county of La Pointe had ceased to exist, instead being divided into Ashland, Douglas, and Bayfield counties.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bayport, Town of, Ashland Co . Wisconsinhistory.org . January 4, 2013 . November 5, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105051406/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=8671&serach_term=bayport . live .
  2. Web site: Bayport, Town, La Pointe Co.: Organization, notice of, March 18, 1856 . PDF . Wisconsin Department of State . March 8, 1856 . January 4, 2013 . February 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229055637/http://sos.nmtvault.com/pdf/THEOSOS_001/images/00000534.pdf . live .
  3. Book: History of Northern Wisconsin . History of Northern Wisconsin. . Chicago . Western Historical Company . 1881 .
  4. Web site: Ashland County: Town Boundaries 1867 - 1910 . PDF . Wisconsin Department of State . December 30, 1913 . November 4, 2013 . February 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229055704/http://sos.nmtvault.com/pdf/THEOSOS_001/images/00000027.pdf . live .
  5. Web site: Bayfield County: Town Boundaries 1884 - 1912 . PDF . Wisconsin Department of State . January 8, 1914 . January 4, 2013 . February 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229055719/http://sos.nmtvault.com/pdf/THEOSOS_001/images/00000074.pdf . live .
  6. Web site: Douglas County: Town Boundaries 1859 - 1912 . PDF . Wisconsin Department of State . December 30, 1913 . January 4, 2013 . February 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229055731/http://sos.nmtvault.com/pdf/THEOSOS_001/images/00000296.pdf . live .

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