City of Abbotsford, Clark and Marathon Counties, Wisconsin: Place Profile

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The municipality is the City of Abbotsford, an incorporated city in Clark and Marathon counties, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5500100).

The city calls itself 'Wisconsin's First City'.

Abbotsford spans two counties: its Clark County part is county subdivision GEOID 5501900100 and its Marathon County part is GEOID 5507300100.

The WI DOA estimates file lists no town or village named Abbotsford, so this profile binds only to the city; it is unrelated to Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Abbotsford covers 2.964 square miles of land and no water, with an internal point near 44.943486, -90.317339; 1.453 square miles lie in Clark County and 1.51 in Marathon County.

USGS GNIS records Abbotsford as a populated place in Clark County at 44.946356, -90.315969 (GNIS 1560663).

The 2020 census counted 2,275 residents in Abbotsford: 1,665 in Clark County and 610 in Marathon County.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official estimate for Abbotsford is 2,455 (1,849 in Clark County, 606 in Marathon County).

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Abbotsford city is 2,423 (2020 estimates base 2,270).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population is 2,100 (margin of error +/-238).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age in Abbotsford is 36.5 years (margin of error +/-5.1).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income is $59,943 (margin of error +/-$6,873).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied homes is $135,600 (margin of error +/-$15,116).

Abbotsford has a mayor and a council of alderpersons elected from Wards 1, 2 and 5 (combined), 3 and 4, plus an appointed City Administrator.

James Weix is listed as Mayor of Abbotsford.

Listed alderpersons are Sarah Diedrich and Jan Read (Ward 1), Paul Erikson and Jeremiah Zeiset (Wards 2 and 5), Jon Podevels and Roger Weideman (Ward 3), and Selenia Espino and Mason Rachu (Ward 4).

The City Council meets on the first Monday of every month at 6:00 p.m.

Erin Clausnitzer is City Clerk/Treasurer and Linda Filtzkowski is Deputy Clerk/Treasurer; City Hall is open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays at 715-223-3444.

Josh Soyk is City Administrator and also Water/Wastewater Manager.

The official website is cityofabbotsfordwi.gov; the Abbotsford Municipal Center (City Hall) is at 203 N. 1st Street, P.O. Box 589, Abbotsford, WI 54405.

City Council and Plan Commission packets and minutes post as PDFs on the city's Meeting Packets & Minutes page; notices and news post on separate Notices and News pages.

The city's polling place is the Abbotsford Municipal Center, 203 N. First Street, open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on election days; results post for both Clark and Marathon counties.

The joint Abbotsford-Colby Municipal Court hears traffic and ordinance citations from the Colby-Abbotsford Police Department and sits on the third Tuesday of the month in the Council Chambers at City Hall.

Policing is by the shared Colby-Abbotsford Police Department; Alex Bowman is listed as Police Chief and Emergency Management Director.

The Planning Commission page links a 2025 Comprehensive Plan.

Abbotsford is served by the Abbotsford School District (NCES 5500030), a PK-12 district of 2 schools with 799 students and 58.59 classroom teachers (FTE) in 2024-2025, at 510 W. Hemlock Street.

Its schools are Abbotsford Elementary (510 W. Hemlock Street) and Abbotsford Middle/Senior High (307 N. 4th Avenue).

The district posts Board of Education information, a district calendar and announcements on abbotsford.k12.wi.us.

The city describes itself as home to over 160 businesses and industries at the junction of Highways 29 and 13, served by two major highways and railway freight service.

Abbyland Foods, Inc., a meat processor founded in Abbotsford by Harland Schraufnagel on October 4, 1977 and based at 502 East Linden Street, reports over 1,000 employees in eight divisions.

Clark County had 779 business establishments and 9,517 paid employees in 2023, of which 3,947 worked in manufacturing.

The AbbyColby Crossings Chamber of Commerce, at 100 W. Spruce Street, serves Abbotsford, Colby, Curtiss, Dorchester, Milan and Unity.

Xcel Energy supplies electricity, We Energies natural gas, and Spectrum and Frontier cable and internet; the city runs water and wastewater departments.

The Tribune-Phonograph is the weekly newspaper of Abbotsford-Colby, published on Central Wisconsin News (centralwinews.com; phone 715-223-2342).

FCC records list Abbotsford as the community of license for translator W266CC (101.1 MHz), licensed to WRVM, Inc.

The Abbotsford Public Library is at 203 North First Street, the same address as City Hall, open Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 9 to noon outside summer.

Fire and EMS are provided through a Central Fire Commission listed on the city site; the district's own website did not resolve, so its stations, formation date and chief are not asserted.

Abbotsford's ZIP code is 54405; the post office location was not confirmed from a fetched USPS source.

Craig Stuttgen is listed on the city's Public Works page.

The city lists a library, softball and baseball diamonds, parks and an indoor swimming pool, and notes antique shops in and around the city.

The Abbotsford Christmas Parade, held since 1971, runs on the first Saturday in December at 7:30 p.m. with lighted floats.

The chamber's signature events include Abby Festival (live music, carnival, ball games) and First City Days (antique tractor pull, car cruise and vehicle show).

Abbotsford grew at a Wisconsin Central Railroad junction: known as Colby Junction in 1879-1880, it was renamed for railroad official Edwin H. Abbott, incorporated as a village in 1894 and as a city in 1965.

The city describes itself as a community in the heart of dairyland, proud of its farm heritage.