Tag: Stevens Point
Stevens Point is the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. Located in the central part of the state, it is the largest city in the county, with a population of 26,717 at the 2010 census.
The city was incorporated in 1858.
The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau’s Stevens Point Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Portage County (2010 population: 70,019). Together with surrounding communities, the Stevens Point micropolitan area was, according to the 2010 census, home to 69,916 people, and was the 481st most populous area in the United States.
Stevens Point is home to the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point and a campus of Mid-State Technical College.
Historically part of the Menominee homelands, a three-mile strip along the Wisconsin River was ceded to the United States in a treaty of 1836, as part of concessions the people made. In 1854 the tribe made its last treaty with the US, gathering on a reservation on the Wolf River….
