Village of Bonduel, Shawano County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

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The municipality is the Village of Bonduel in Shawano County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5508725; WI DOA code 59107).

Bonduel is a village governed by a village president and six trustees.

Village Hall is at 117 W. Green Bay Street, Bonduel (715-758-2402); the mailing address is P.O. Box 67, Bonduel, WI 54107-0067.

The village describes itself as the largest village in Shawano County.

Bonduel calls itself 'Home of the Bears,' after a legend that two bears defended Rev. Bonduel from an attacker.

Bonduel village covers 2.262 square miles of land and 0.004 square miles of water, with an internal point near 44.737994, -88.45135.

Bonduel sits at the crossroads of State Highways 29 and 47.

USGS GNIS records Bonduel as a populated place in Shawano County at 44.7402679, -88.4448243.

The 2020 Census counted 1,417 residents in the Village of Bonduel.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official estimate for Bonduel is 1,395 residents.

The Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimate for Bonduel village is 1,401 (July 1, 2024), from a 2020 estimates base of 1,417.

Bonduel had 1,478 residents at the 2010 census.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of Bonduel's population is 1,492 (margin of error +/-199).

Bonduel's median age is 38.9 years (ACS 2019-2023, margin of error +/-5.3).

Bonduel's median household income is $59,917 (ACS 2019-2023, margin of error +/-$7,238).

The median value of owner-occupied homes in Bonduel is $160,900 (ACS 2019-2023, margin of error +/-$11,398).

Russ Gehm is village president; his term expires in April 2027.

The six trustees present at the August 12, 2026 meeting were Andrew Court, Sean Falk, Matt Pleshek, Brenda Staszak, Michelle Streetman and Kay Zuleger.

The village president and trustees serve two-year terms, and three trustees are elected each spring. The president chairs board meetings and appoints members of boards and commissions.

The Village Board meets the second Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at Village Hall, 117 W. Green Bay Street.

Board agendas are posted at the Village Hall, the Bonduel Library and Bonduel State Bank, and on the village website.

Village Board agendas and minutes are published as PDFs on the website's Agendas & Minutes page; the most recent agenda is for September 9, 2026.

Michelle Maroszek is clerk-treasurer and Jennifer Falk is deputy clerk-treasurer (715-758-2402).

The village's official website is villageofbonduel.com.

Jesse Rankin is the village's Director of Municipal Operations, overseeing streets, the sewer and water utility, refuse and the recycle center.

The Village of Bonduel Redevelopment Authority, created under Wis. Stat. 66.1333(3), works on blight elimination and redevelopment; its members are appointed by the village president.

Bonduel is served by the Bonduel School District (NCES 5501470), a PK-12 district at 400 W Green Bay St. that enrolled 782 students in 2024-25.

All of the village's land (2.262 square miles) lies within the Bonduel School District.

Bonduel Elementary is at 404 W Mill St; Bonduel Middle and Bonduel High share 400 W Green Bay St (NCES IDs 550147000188, 550147002383, 550147000189).

The village sells commercial and industrial lots just off Highway 29 with utilities installed, and offers an incentive program for industrial park and highway commercial investment.

Shawano County had 892 business establishments and 10,135 paid employees in 2023, including 68 manufacturing establishments with 2,429 employees.

TCH Daily News covers Bonduel, including multi-day coverage of Founders Day in September 2026.

The Shawano County Library's Bonduel Branch is at 125 N. Washington St. (715-270-2267).

IMLS FY2022 data record the Bonduel Branch at 2,200 square feet.

The Bonduel Police Department, led by Police Chief Keith Fischer, is staffed by part-time officers at 205 South First Street. The Shawano County Sheriff's Office handles calls when no Bonduel officer is on duty.

The Bonduel Area Fire Department is a paid-on-call department serving the village and the Town of Hartland, about 36 square miles, from the Public Safety Building at 201 S. First Street. Kevin Lynch is fire chief.

Bonduel Area EMS, a volunteer first-response service started in 1991, covers the village, the Towns of Hartland and Washington, the Village of Cecil and part of the Town of Angelica, about 95 square miles. Its web page lists 17 members; the Aug. 12, 2026 board minutes report 15.

Public safety calls route through Shawano County Dispatch (715-526-3111) or 911.

Bonduel addresses use ZIP code 54107.

The village runs the Bonduel Sewer & Water Utility. Garbage and recycling pickup is contracted to GFL weekly on Mondays, and the village recycle center opens Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to noon for residents only.

The village's 'Connecting Through Play' project will replace outdated playground equipment at Cedar Park.

Bonduel Founders Day is set for Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. across downtown Bonduel on Green Bay, South First, North Second and Mill streets.

Organizers expected more than 100 vendors at the 2026 Founders Day, with live music at the pavilion between the Hungry Bear Cafe and the Bonduel Fire Department, rain or shine.

The village says Bonduel hosts an annual Fourth of July celebration with a parade, fireworks and family activities.

The village is named for Rev. Florimond Bonduel, a missionary from Green Bay who founded the Catholic mission at Keshena in 1853 and worked with the Menominee.

Early news reports called the settlement Hartland Corners. It took the name Bonduel when its post office opened in 1864, because 'Hartland' was already in use by another Wisconsin village.

Bonduel incorporated as a village in 1916.

Before incorporation, the surrounding Town of Hartland managed the community's administrative affairs.

Bonduel began as a farming community, and the arrival of the railroad in the late 19th century boosted its growth.

In 1964, two National Farmers Organization members were killed by a cattle truck in Bonduel during an NFO effort to get farmers to withhold products from market.