Hatfield, Wisconsin

Hatfield, Wisconsin
Census-designated place
Hatfield, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°24′53″N 90°43′51″W / 44.41472°N 90.73083°W / 44.41472; -90.73083Coordinates: 44°24′53″N 90°43′51″W / 44.41472°N 90.73083°W / 44.41472; -90.73083
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Jackson
Area
• Total	1.337 sq mi (3.46 km2)
• Land	1.337 sq mi (3.46 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	889 ft (271 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	141
• Density	110/sq mi (41/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	715 & 534
GNIS feature ID	1566129[1]

Hatfield is an unincorporated census-designated place, in the town of Komensky, Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1][2] As of the 2010 census, its population is 141.^[3]

Geography

Hatfield has an area of 1.337 square miles (3.46 km²), all of it land. It is located on the shores of Lake Arbutus, an impoundment of the Black River. The dam forming the impoundment releases water back into the river channel and a diversion channel for a hydroelectric powerhouse.

Tourism

Hatfield is a tourist community that claims a population of 5000 in the summer and 50 in the winter.^[4] Two county campgrounds are located in the community, and the Levis/Trow trail system is two miles to the north.

History

Hatfield was founded by Norbert St. Germaine in 1836.^[5] The city was supported in the 19th century by the logging and lumber industry, as the Black River was a primary avenue for delivery of logs from central Wisconsin to the Mississippi River valley. The Green Bay and Western Railroad arrived in 1872.

Notable people

• Hatfield was the birthplace of Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. of the Ho Chunk Nation, who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions in the Korean War. A monument in his honor is located at the Black Hawk Powwow Grounds south of Hatfield.

Notes

Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Black River Falls
City	Black River Falls
Villages	Alma Center Hixton Melrose Merrillan Taylor
Towns	Adams Albion Alma Bear Bluff Brockway City Point Cleveland Curran Franklin Garden Valley Garfield Hixton Irving Knapp Komensky Manchester Melrose Millston North Bend Northfield Springfield
CDPs	Hatfield Millston
Unincorporated communities	Brockway Buckholz Corners City Point Disco Fall Hall Glen Franklin Irving Lapham Junction Levis North Bend North Branch Northfield Pray Price Requa Sechlerville Shamrock Sheppard Spaulding Speck Oaks Vaudreuil Waterbury Winnebago Mission York
Ghost towns	Charter Oak Mills Clay Rogneys Wrightsville
Indian reservation	Ho-Chunk Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties