La Pointe
La Pointe is a town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. The town includes all of the Apostle Islands except for the westernmost four, which lie in the towns of Bayfield and Russell in Bayfield County.- Type: Village with 281 residents
- Description: unincorporated community on Madeline Island, Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States
- Also known as: “La Pointe, Madeline Island, Wisconsin”, “La Pointe, WI”, and “La Pointe, Wisconsin”
Places of Interest
Highlights: La Pointe Cemetery.
La Pointe Cemetery
Cemetery
La Pointe Indian Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the town of La Pointe on Madeline Island, Wisconsin. Established as part of Frederic Baraga's Catholic mission on the island, it was used for burial from 1836 to 1948.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bayfield and Pureair.
Bayfield
Bayfield is a small town in Northwest Wisconsin. As of 2020, the permanent population was just over 500 persons. It is a popular gateway to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.Pureair
Hamlet
Pureair is an unincorporated community located in the town of Bayfield, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. Pureair is situated 3 miles west of La Pointe.
Salmo
Hamlet
Salmo is an unincorporated community in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. Wisconsin Highway 13 serves as a main route in the community. Salmo is located three miles southwest of the city of Bayfield, in the town of Bayfield. Salmo is situated 3½ miles west of La Pointe.
La Pointe
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Town of La Pointe, Ashland, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.7791° or 46° 46′ 45″ north
Longitude
-90.78658° or 90° 47′ 12″ west
Population
281
Elevation
610 feet (186 metres)
Open location code
86RFQ6H7+J9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“La Pointe” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لا بوينت”
- Dutch: “La Pointe”
- French: “La Pointe”
- Haitian: “La Pointe, Wisconsin”
- Haitian: “La Pointe”
- Hungarian: “La Pointe”
- Irish: “La Pointe”
- Persian: “لا پوینت”
- Polish: “La Pointe”
- South Azerbaijani: “لا پوینت، ویسکانسین”
- Spanish: “La Pointe”
- Telugu: “లా పాయింట్, విస్కాన్సిన్”
- Urdu: “لا پوائنٹی، وسکونسن”
- Urdu: “لا پوائنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “La Pointe, Wisconsin”
- Vietnamese: “La Pointe”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Point De Froid and La Pointe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: La Pointe Center Art Gallery and Madeline Island Chamber of Commerce.
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