Village of Maine, Marathon County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

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No broadcast station is licensed to the Village of Maine in the FCC query files; the village is served by Wausau-market outlets.

No public library outlet is located in the village; the nearest library service was not confirmed this session.

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A USPS post office inside the village was not confirmed from a USPS source this session.

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The municipality is the Village of Maine, an incorporated village in Marathon County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5548225, GNIS 01583630).

The Village of Maine is the former Town of Maine, which converted to a village by incorporation in December 2015, so no separate Town of Maine exists in Marathon County; it is unrelated to the state of Maine.

The Village of Maine covers 43.073 square miles of land and 0.739 square miles of water, with an internal point near 45.05803, -89.681321.

The village describes itself as 42.39 square miles plus the 1.21 square miles of the former Village of Brokaw, running from County Highway FF south to West Wausau Avenue and from 72nd Avenue east to the Wisconsin River.

Nine miles of U.S. Highway 51 run through the village.

Village addresses use Wausau (54401) and Merrill (54452) mailing addresses; the Municipal Center is at 6111 N. 44th Ave, Wausau, WI 54401.

The 2020 census counted 2,613 residents in the Village of Maine.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official estimate for the Village of Maine is 2,632.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Maine village is 2,614, from a 2020 estimates base of 2,608.

The village's own fact sheet gives a 2010 census population of 2,337 for Maine plus 251 for the Village of Brokaw, which later merged into it.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population is 2,608 (margin of error +/-26).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age in the Village of Maine is 48.8 years (margin of error +/-5).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income is $110,592 (margin of error +/-$18,531).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied homes is $262,100 (margin of error +/-$28,160).

The Village Officials page lists a village president and four trustees, who form the Board of Trustees, and a village clerk.

The village lists Judith Hase as Village President and Wes Schoepke, Bruce Reynolds, Ben Seidler and Dan Brandenburg as trustees.

Jamie Heindl is the Village Clerk, reachable at the village office, 715-675-5607.

The Maine Municipal Center, 6111 N. 44th Ave, Wausau, WI 54401, houses the village office, open Monday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with appointments available outside those hours.

The village's official website is villageofmaine.org.

The Board of Trustees holds a monthly meeting at the Maine Municipal Center, reviewing bills at 5:30 p.m. and starting general business at 6:00 p.m.; posted regular meetings from November 2025 through March 2026 fell on the second Monday.

Besides the Board of Trustees, the village calendar lists a Plan Commission and a Municipal Projects & Public Property committee; its March 2026 agenda also took up an ordinance creating a Public Works Committee.

Agendas, packets, minutes, audio and video post to the Agendas & Minutes repository on villageofmaine.org, and residents can subscribe to email notices for news, agendas, minutes and packets.

Marathon County Board Supervisor Brandon Jensen gives a county report at village board meetings.

The village runs a water utility whose Public Service Commission-approved rates took effect March 31, 2026, including a quarterly volume charge of $18.55 per 1,000 gallons (PSC docket 3298-WR-101).

Maine Elementary, at 5901 N 44th Ave, is a KG-5 school of the Wausau School District (NCES 5515900) that enrolled 229 students in 2024-25.

Wausau School District levy estimates published in September 2026 put the Village of Maine's tax base growth at about 10.98% and its share of the levy up about 10%, or $291,000.

Northcentral Technical College's Agriculture Center of Excellence is at 6625 County Rd K in the village.

Marathon County had 3,436 business establishments and 65,770 paid employees in 2023; manufacturing was the largest sector, with 18,923 paid employees.

The village keeps a Business & Farm Directory, and its fact sheet lists local restaurants and bars such as Red Granite Bar & Grill, Richard's Restaurant & Bar and Schmidt's Bar.

The village lists three churches: Faith Lutheran Church, Grace Lutheran Church (WELS) and Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Wausau Pilot & Review covers the Village of Maine among Marathon County communities, including a May 2026 report on a PFAS class action against 3M involving the Greystone Facility and Quarry and nearby private wells.

The village has its own Maine Fire Department, whose chief (listed as Chief Genrich) gave a Fire Department Report on the March 2026 Board of Trustees agenda.

The Maine Lions Shelter is available for event rentals through the Lions at 715-551-8879, not through the village office.

The village promotes fishing, kayaking, canoeing, tubing and boating on the Wisconsin River, with a boat landing (no dock) at the end of 4th Street and a kayak launch at the east end of Playground Lane.

The village points snowmobilers to the Trailmates Snowmobile Club and to Marathon and Lincoln County trail maps.

The village dates its formation as a town to November 12, 1866.

Secondary sources say the town was named for Uriah E. Maine, a county sheriff and surveyor in the early 1860s.

The Town of Maine became the Village of Maine on December 11, 2015, after a December 8, 2015 referendum passed 597 to 119; the state estimated the territory's population at 2,345.

The former Village of Brokaw merged into the Village of Maine in October 2018.

Brokaw grew as a company town around the Wausau Paper Mills Company, formed in 1899; the mill made its first paper in 1900 and the Village of Brokaw incorporated in 1903.

The Maine Site (47MR22), recorded under Brokaw, has National Register of Historic Places listings dated 1984-07-19 (additional documentation) and 2024-07-19 (boundary increase).