Greenleaf, Wisconsin
Village in Wisconsin, United States
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Greenleaf is a village in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, in the town of Wrightstown.[3]
Greenleaf, Wisconsin | |
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 Location in Brown County and the state of Wisconsin. | |
| Coordinates: 44°18′48″N 88°05′46″W | |
| 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] |
As of the 2020 census, Greenleaf had a population of 733.[4]
History
As of the 2010 census it had a population of 607.[5] 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.[6]
Incorporation as a Village
In 2020, 800 residents of the community petitioned the state of Wisconsin to become a village.[7] 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 a roundabout of state highways WIS 57 and Wisconsin Highway 96 and another isolated area to the east of the Niagara Escarpment.[7] The second area is isolated from the first by the escarpment, a quarry and vacant lands.[7]
A revised proposal was approved on April 13, 2022.[8]
