Bay Settlement, Wisconsin

Bay Settlement, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Bay Settlement
Coordinates: 44°33′11″N 87°53′26″W / 44.55306°N 87.89056°W / 44.55306; -87.89056Coordinates: 44°33′11″N 87°53′26″W / 44.55306°N 87.89056°W / 44.55306; -87.89056
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Brown
Town	Scott
Elevation	732 ft (223 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	920
GNIS feature ID	1561321^[1]

Bay Settlement is an unincorporated community located in the town of Scott, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. Bay Settlement is located on the outskirts of Green Bay 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of the city's downtown.

History

Bay Settlement is one of the oldest settlements in Wisconsin, as only Green Bay, De Pere, and Prairie du Chien are older. The settlement had a population of eight people in 1830. The community is home to Holy Cross Church, one of the oldest Catholic congregations in the county, which succeeded a mission established at Bay Settlement in 1834. In 1868, a post office opened in Bay Settlement.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bay Settlement, Wisconsin
↑ Martin, Deborah Beaumont (1913). History of Brown County, Wisconsin: Past and Present, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company.

Municipalities and communities of Brown County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Green Bay

Cities	De Pere Green Bay

Villages	Allouez Ashwaubenon Bellevue Denmark Hobart Howard‡ Pulaski‡ Suamico Wrightstown‡

Towns	Eaton Glenmore Green Bay Holland Humboldt Lawrence Ledgeview Morrison New Denmark Pittsfield Rockland Scott Wrightstown

CDPs	Dyckesville‡ Greenleaf

Unincorporated communities	Anston Askeaton Bay Settlement Benderville Buckman Champion Chapel Ridge Coppens Corner Edgewater Beach Fontenoy Glenmore Henrysville Hollandtown Humboldt Kolb Kunesh Langes Corners Lark Little Rapids Mill Center Morrison New Franken Pine Grove Pittsfield‡ Poland Red Banks Shirley Sniderville‡ Sugar Bush Wayside Wequiock

Indian reservation	Oneida Nation of Wisconsin‡

Ghost towns/ neighborhoods	Fort Howard Preble

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Green Bay metropolitan area, Wisconsin

Core city	Green Bay

Largest municipalities over 10,000 in 2010	Allouez^‡ Ashwaubenon^‡ Bellevue^‡ De Pere° Howard^‡

Municipalities under 10,000 in 2010	Abrams* Abrams^§ Bay Settlement^† Denmark Dyckesville^§ Green Bay* Hobart^‡ Humboldt* Lawrence* Ledgeview* Little Suamico* Pittsfield* Pulaski^‡ Red River* Rockland* Scott* Suamico^‡ Wrightstown^‡^

Counties	Brown Kewaunee Oconto

*town ^‡village °city ^§CDP ^†unincorporated community ^partial

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