Village of Aniwa, Shawano County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

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The municipality is the Village of Aniwa, an incorporated village in Shawano County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5502075; county subdivision GEOID 5511502075; WI DOA code 59101).

The Village of Aniwa is a separate municipality from the Town of Aniwa (DOA code 59006), which had 517 residents in 2020 and a 2025 estimate of 510.

The village covers 2.13 square miles of land and 0.037 square miles of water.

The Census internal point for Aniwa is near 45.009987 N, 89.207946 W.

GNIS records Aniwa as a populated place (feature 1560877) in Shawano County at 45.0085802, -89.2142801.

Aniwa uses ZIP code 54408; the village's mailing address is PO Box 15, Aniwa, WI 54408.

U.S. Route 45 runs north-south through the village.

The county directory places the Village of Aniwa in the 35th Assembly District, represented by Calvin T. Callahan (R), term to January 3, 2027. The Census geocoder places the village center in State Senate District 12 and Congressional District 8.

The 2020 Census counted 243 residents in the Village of Aniwa.

The Wisconsin DOA estimates 231 residents as of January 1, 2025.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Aniwa is 234, from a 2020 estimates base of 245.

The 2010 Census counted 260 residents in the village.

The 2000 Census counted 272 residents in 114 households.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population is 233, plus or minus 57.

The ACS 2019-2023 median age is 46.7 years, plus or minus 6.9.

The ACS 2019-2023 median household income is $49,000, plus or minus $11,788.

The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes is $93,300, plus or minus $14,514.

A village president and two trustees make up the Village Board; the county directory notes Aniwa elects two trustees rather than the usual six.

Thomas Kautza is Village President, in a term that runs to 2027.

The directory lists two trustees: Lawrence Sippl (term to 2026) and Joseph Meisenhelder (term to 2027).

Thomas Kautza also chairs the Shawano County Board, representing District 26 (Town of Aniwa and the Villages of Aniwa and Birnamwood).

Mary O'Neill is Village Clerk/Treasurer, reachable at 715-218-2364 or [email address]

Village Board meetings are held the first Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the community center.

The village's public building is the Aniwa Community Center at W18996 1st St., which is also its polling place.

The village contracts assessing to Moeller Assessments and lists Michael Block as building inspector.

The Census geocoder places the village center in the Antigo Unified School District (NCES 5500360), a PK-12 district of 4 schools based at 120 S Dorr St., Antigo, in Langlade County, with 1,899 students in 2024-25.

Aniwa sits in Shawano County, which had 892 business establishments and 10,135 paid employees in 2023. No village-level employer count is published in that series.

Aniwa has its own ZIP code (54408), and village mail uses a PO Box in Aniwa; a USPS retail unit was not separately confirmed.

GNIS records Pleasant Lake in Shawano County at 45.0053419, -89.2208904, the named lake nearest the village.

The name Aniwa is of Ojibwe origin, from aniwi or aniwa, meaning 'those'.