Town of Ringle, Marathon County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

Which school district or districts serve every part of the Town of Ringle was not confirmed from a district boundary source.

No ranked list of employers located in the Town of Ringle was found in any fetched source.

Whether a USPS retail post office operates in Ringle was not confirmed; the town and county addresses use the Ringle, WI 54471 ZIP code.

The municipality is the Town of Ringle, a civil town in Marathon County, Wisconsin (Census county subdivision GEOID 5507368075).

Ringle is a civil town governed by a town board of a chairman and two supervisors, not a city or village.

USGS GNIS separately records Ringle as a named community (populated place) in Marathon County at 44.8910807, -89.4256735; this profile covers the civil town, GEOID 5507368075, not only that community point.

The Town of Ringle covers 42.102 square miles of land and 0.07 square miles of water.

The town's Census internal point is near 44.907169 N, 89.418042 W.

Town offices use the mailing address 223207 ABT Road, Ringle, WI 54471, and keep office hours by appointment only.

A 1913 county history describes the Town of Ringle as embracing township 28 north, range 9 east.

The 2020 Census count for the Town of Ringle was 1,743 residents.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official population estimate for the Town of Ringle is 1,773.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population for Ringle town is 1,511 (margin of error plus or minus 138).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age in Ringle town is 47.3 years (margin of error plus or minus 5.1).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income in Ringle town is $84,917 (margin of error plus or minus $4,923).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied housing in Ringle town is $282,300 (margin of error plus or minus $15,549).

The Town Board Chairman is Al Christensen.

The town supervisors are John S. Fust and Raymond Christiansen.

The Town Clerk is Paula Zynda (715-571-6669), who handles town hall rentals and absentee ballots.

The Wisconsin Municipal Data System lists Paula Zynda as clerk for the Town of Ringle (DOA code 37072), with the town email [email address]

The Town Treasurer is Lynette Thompson, the contact for tax bills and dog licenses.

Leon Falkowski is the town's Zoning Administrator, and building permits are required in the Town of Ringle.

Monthly Town Board meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m.

The 2026 Annual Meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, April 21 at 7 p.m. at the Ringle Municipal Center.

Agendas and notices post at the Ringle Municipal Center and on the town website; some notices run in the legal section of the Wausau Daily Herald or post on public notice boards at Konkol Road and Bell Street and at Brickyard Drive and Mercer Street.

The town website's Agendas & Minutes repository carries categories for the Town Board, Planning-Zoning, Solid Waste, Park Committee, Board of Review, Appeals Board, the 125th Celebration, and the Tornado Relief Fund.

The Town of Ringle's official website is townofringlewi.com.

The town website calendar widget listed a Planning and Zoning meeting for Monday, September 28, 2026 at 7:00 pm.

The Planning & Zoning Committee page posts the town's current zoning map, dated 2022.

NCES lists Riverside Elementary (NCES ID 551317002288) at 166543 River Rd with a Ringle, WI 54471 mailing address; its NCES district ID 5513170 is the one NCES assigns to the D C Everest schools.

The Marathon County Solid Waste Department (the county landfill) is at 172900 WI-29, Ringle, WI 54471; Ringle households may bring set amounts of tires, electronics, appliances, and household hazardous waste there at no charge.

The town asks residents to report Marathon County landfill odors by email to the town, saying the reports document the problem.

For county context, Marathon County had 3,436 business establishments and 65,770 paid employees in 2023.

Wausau Pilot & Review republished a Wausau Daily Herald report on July 15, 2026 about the Disaster Recovery Center opened at the Ringle Municipal Center.

WSAW NewsChannel 7 filed an April 30, 2026 report datelined Ringle on county damage assessments after the storms.

Ringle Fire and Rescue is the town's volunteer fire department, led by Chief Chris Kielman with Assistant Chief Ken Rux.

Residents dial 911 for fire and ambulance emergencies and 715-261-1200 for non-emergency calls.

The Ringle Municipal Center at 223207 Abt Road housed a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center from July 14, 2026, open 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays.

The IMLS FY2022 outlet file lists no public library outlet with a Ringle address.

The Town of Ringle Park is at 170062 Shane Low Dr., behind the municipal center, and accepts cash, check, in-kind, and aluminum-can donations for its upkeep.

In April 2026 the town reported its park was in development, with a playground set chosen and the Ringle-Hatley VFW planning to move its memorial from Hatley to the park, both targeted for the 125th celebration.

USGS GNIS records Clay Pond, a named lake in Marathon County at 44.8918204, -89.4191122, near the town's internal point.

The Town of Ringle held its 125th anniversary (quasquicentennial) celebration on Saturday, September 19, 2026, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The 125th program listed food trucks, a VFW opening ceremony and flag raising, recognition of lifelong residents, a historic tour, a fire department tour, a car show, the Benaszeski Brothers polka jam, 4-H and FFA games, and a weather-permitting helicopter landing.

An EF3 tornado struck the Town of Ringle on April 17, 2026, damaging dozens of homes, vehicles, and properties.

The Ringle Tornado Relief Fund asked recipients to return applications by September 15, 2026, and its committee met residents at the municipal center on September 8 from 6 to 8 p.m.

The deadline to apply for FEMA assistance for the April 13-23, 2026 storms and flooding was August 31, 2026.

The Town of Ringle was established January 9, 1901, and organized that spring, with C. L. Wyatt elected first chairman.

In 1913 the Ringle Brick Company operated brick yards at the Chicago & North Western station called Ringle, employing about twenty men.

The 1913 history records that Ringle's settlers were natives of Holland who farmed, and that the town then had two schoolhouses and no churches.

Garbage is picked up curbside every Friday and recyclables every other Friday.