Pulcifer, Wisconsin

Census-designated place in Wisconsin, United States

44°50′39″N 88°21′36″W / 44.84417°N 88.36000°W / 44.84417; -88.36000CountryUnited StatesStateWisconsinCountyShawanoArea

• Total1.038 sq mi (2.69 km²) • Land1.033 sq mi (2.68 km²) • Water0.005 sq mi (0.01 km²)Elevation

791 ft (241 m)Population

(2010)

• Total134 • Density130/sq mi (50/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)715 & 534GNIS feature ID1571968^[1]

Pulcifer is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Green Valley, Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. Pulcifer is located on the Oconto River and Wisconsin Highway 22 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Cecil. As of the 2010 census, its population is 134.^[2]

History

The community was named after Daniel H. Pulcifer (1834–1896), who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and also served as mayor of Shawano, Wisconsin.^[3]

Notable people

Otto A. Risum, Wisconsin State Assemblyman, farmer, and merchant, lived in Pulcifer; Risum served as chairman of the Green Valley Town Board.^[4]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pulcifer, Wisconsin
^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
^ "D. H. Pulcifer Dead". The Weekly Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI. January 25, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved August 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897.' Biographical Sketch of Otto A. Risum, pg. 695