Tomorrow Valley

Tomorrow Valley
Location of Tomorrow Valley, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°29′35″N 89°18′44″W / 44.49306°N 89.31222°W / 44.49306; -89.31222
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Portage
Area
• Total	42 sq mi (110 km²)
• Land	41.02 sq mi (106.2 km²)
• Water	0.98 sq mi (2.5 km²)
Elevation^[1]	1,073 ft (327 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	2,983
• Density	71.02/sq mi (27.42/km²)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code	55-56000^[2]
GNIS feature ID	1570168^[1]

The Tomorrow Valley refers to the area along the Tomorrow River in Portage County, Wisconsin. The village of Amherst, Wisconsin is the core of the Tomorrow Valley area, which also includes the villages of Nelsonville and Amherst Junction, and the Town of Amherst. It is part of the Stevens Point, Wisconsin Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Education

The area is served by the Tomorrow River School District, known as TRSD or TR Schools, which consists of a pre-K-12 school system in a single 160,000 sq. ft. building in Amherst. The building is separated into three sections, Amherst Elementary (pre-K through 5th grade), Amherst Middle School, or AMS (6th-8th grades), and Amherst High School, or AHS (9th-12th grades). There are about 75 students per grade.^[3]

Community institutions

The Tomorrow Valley area is home to the Lettie Jensen Community Center, the Lettie Jensen Library, two banks, three post offices, a supermarket, three hair salons, ten taverns, two antique shops, two gas stations, a video rental store, a law office, a brewery, an industrial park, a co-op, a coffee shop, an ice cream shop, fast food restaurant, and several churches.

Transportation

	US 10 travels east to Waupaca, WI and Detroit and west to Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and Fargo.
	WIS 54 travels east to Waupaca/ King and New London and west to Stevens Point/Plover-Whiting and Onalaska.

References

1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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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°27′03″N 89°17′05″W / 44.45083°N 89.28472°W / 44.45083; -89.28472

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