Antigo, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Antigo City. It lies in ZIP code area 54409. The Survey maps it on the Antigo quadrangle. 8,100 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,640 feet above sea level.
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On record in Antigo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 5 records
Antigo Depotlisted 1992
Antigo Opera Houselisted 1984
Antigo Post Officelisted 2000
Antigo Public Library and Deleglise Cabinlisted 1978
Langlade County Courthouselisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresAntigo fell from 8,234 to 8,100 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,234 | |
| 2020 | 8,100 | -134 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1952 USGS Antigo quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Antigo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,381 words on this townshipHistory of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. Government Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, published 1922 names this settlement in its chapter on Antigo City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Regarding the founding of the city of Antigo, Mr. Deleglise said: "As early as 1857, I believed that there were openings in this neighborhood for several prosperous settlements. Looking over the map of Wisconsin, I came to the conclusion that the valley of the upper Embarrass river and of the upper Eau Claire river would afford sites for at least two central commercial points, one to be located in the Embarrass country and the other in the Eau Claire river country."
Passage source: History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. Government Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, published 1922.
After considerable deliberation, while at Appleton, in the summer of 1876, Mr. Deleglise mapped out the present plan of the city of Antigo and determined upon its location as the point for the upper Eau Claire river valley. Most of the land was entered in the name of his wife, Mary Deleglise, in the fall of 1877, with $300 received from her parents. Entry was made upon a contract with the state. "We paid about $16 per forty acres down," said Mr. Deleglise.
Passage source: History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. Government Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, published 1922.
Pioneers of Shawano had succeeded in inducing the legislature in 1879 to attach Antigo and New County to Shawano County for county and judicial purposes. This actually bound Antigo, hand and foot, to Shawano. Twenty miles of woods separated Antigo from the Wolf River country, where the town board of Langlade township met. The town board was also antagonistic to citizens of Antigo. This was unbearable and the settlers of Antigo thereupon devised a plan to overthrow the town board and elect officers with sympathy for Antigo and who would afford the city the opportunity to grow that it was entitled to by law.
Passage source: History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. Government Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, published 1922.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Antigo City - it names this place 13 more 13 times.
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Antigo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TROUT ROAD FIRE |
| 3 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY Y |
| 12 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | METEOR SHOWER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Antigo: 11 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angle Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Antigo Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Lake Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Clover Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eau Claire River Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Pit Benes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Freiburger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hess Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highland Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Highland Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
59 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antigo in 59 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 42 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 4 lightning, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Lightning | Antigo | 1 killed | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Antigo and across Langlade County. |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Antigo | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | $5,000 | The public reported a couple trees and three to four-inch diameter tree limbs down on the south side of Antigo. One tree damaged a truck. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | $5,000 | Widely scattered severe thunderstorms produced a funnel cloud and damaging winds over central Wisconsin. A small tornado moved a garage off its foundation and wrecked a house roof and shed three miles northwest of Elderon (Marathon County). A second small tornado destroyed a garage and toppled trees three miles southeast of Aniwa (Shawano County). Thunderstorm wind damage was confined to trees and power lines. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Antigo | - | Penny size hail fell in Antigo. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Antigo | - | Nickel size hail fell in Antigo. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Rolling township. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Antigo. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was measured west of Antigo by a trained spotter. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Antigo. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Antigo. The time of this report is an estimate base on radar data. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Antigo. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Antigo. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Antigo. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Antigo | - | A thunderstorm dropped penny size hail as it passed through Antigo. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Antigo High School. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees onto power lines in Antigo. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Antigo | - | Thunderstorms dropped penny size hail in the Antigo area. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Antigo. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines along US Highway 45 in Antigo. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees north of Antigo long U.S. Highway 45. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed 8 to 12 inch diameter trees. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Antigo | - | Nickel size hail fell in Antigo. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Trees were blown down and a roof was torn from a shed. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Antigo | - | Half inch to golf ball size hail. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Trees down in the city. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Many trees down across the city. Power lines also down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Trees down in Rolling Township. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | Straight-line thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and branches and damaged a heavy duty irrigation system north of Antigo. Some business signs were also blown down in Antigo near the intersection of Highway 45 and Highway 64. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Flood | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Flood | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antigo | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Antigo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q575361 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560893. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




