Blaine, Portage County, Wisconsin

Blaine is an unincorporated community in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Blaine (Portage County) is located in central Wisconsin approximately four miles northeast of Almond, or nine miles south of Amherst (Lat: 44° 18' 31.8", Lon: -89° 18' 54.7"). Blaine is located in the town of Belmont. Blaine intersects Portage County Highways A & D, and the Belmont Township Road "Fourth Avenue," approximately 4 miles south of Wisconsin State Highway 54.

History

Blaine became the site of a rural post office in 1876 and was probably named after James G. Blaine, a leading Republican who was defeated in the 1884 Presidential election. The community included a country store, a Methodist church, a creamery, a blacksmith shop and a grange hall. The post office was discontinued in 1903, but the grange hall remains, serving as the Belmont Town Hall.

Economy

Blaine is home to the Blaine Store, and old church and several houses. Just north of Blaine, Camp Helen Brachman is found on Pickerel Lake. Several other nearby notable bodies of water include Wolf Lake (which has a Portage County Park), Pleasant Lake, Pine Lake, Fountain Lake, Emmons Creek, and Hartman Creek (which has a Wisconsin DNR State Park).

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Municipalities and communities of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Stevens Point

City	Stevens Point

Villages	Almond Amherst Amherst Junction Junction City Milladore‡ Nelsonville Park Ridge Plover Rosholt Whiting

Towns	Alban Almond Amherst Belmont Buena Vista Carson Dewey Eau Pleine Grant Hull Lanark Linwood New Hope Pine Grove Plover Sharon Stockton

CDPs	Bancroft Polonia

Unincorporated communities	Alban Arnott Badger Blaine Casimir Coddington Custer Dopp Ellis Esker Fancher Garfield Heffron‡ Jordan Keene Kellner‡ Little Waupon Meehan Mill Creek Community New Hope North Star Peru Rocky Run Stockton Torun West Almond West Bancroft

Ghost town	Lake Emily

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

Coordinates: 44°18′31.8″N 89°18′54.7″W / 44.308833°N 89.315194°W / 44.308833; -89.315194

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