Greenleaf, Wisconsin | |
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 Location inBrown County and the state ofWisconsin. | |
| Coordinates:44°18′48″N88°05′46″W / 44.31333°N 88.09611°W /44.31333; -88.09611 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Brown |
| Town | Wrightstown |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.042 sq mi (2.70 km2) |
| • Land | 1.042 sq mi (2.70 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 712 ft (217 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 607 |
| • Density | 583/sq mi (225/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 920 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1565848[3] |
Greenleaf is a village inBrown County,Wisconsin, United States, in the town ofWrightstown.[3]
As of the2010 census it had a population of 607.[4] Greenleaf was named for Emery B. Greenleaf, the general manager of the Milwaukee & Northern railroad at the time the Greenleaf post office was established in 1873.[5]
In 2020, 800 residents of the community petitioned the state of Wisconsin to become a village.[6] The Wisconsin Incorporation Review Board denied the petition's "characteristics of the territory" requirement as the petition included two separate areas: one in the vicinity of aroundabout of state highwaysWIS 57 andWisconsin Highway 96 and another isolated area to the east of theNiagara Escarpment.[6] The second area is isolated from the first by the escarpment, a quarry and vacant lands.[6]
A revised proposal was approved on April 13, 2022.[7]
The community is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highways57/32 and96.[8] It usesZIP code 54126.[9] Greenleaf has an area of 1.042 square miles (2.70 km2), all land. The community is part of theGreen BayMetropolitan Statistical Area.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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