Village of Rosholt, Portage County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

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The Village of Rosholt is an incorporated village in Portage County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5569575).

The village covers 1.05 square miles of land and 0.036 square miles of water, centered near 44.630177, -89.305189.

The Census Bureau also carries Rosholt as a county subdivision of Portage County (GEOID 5509769575).

GNIS records Rosholt as a populated place in Portage County at 44.6277509, -89.3087256.

The Census geocoder places the village's internal point in ZIP code tabulation area 54473, State Assembly District 87, State Senate District 29 and the 3rd Congressional District.

Rosholt sits in the northeast corner of Portage County, alongside the Towns of Alban and Sharon.

J. G. Rosholt moved his sawmill to Town 25 North and shared water rights on the South Branch of the Little Wolf River with Jens Rasmussen's feed mill.

A post office opened March 2, 1893 in the Jens P. Hanson store, and the settlement took the name Rosholt after J. G. Rosholt.

The first train reached the village about October 15, 1903, and service ended in 1956.

Village officers were first elected April 7, 1908, with J. G. Rosholt as president; Wikipedia gives 1907 as the incorporation year.

Lumber and potatoes were the leading businesses as the railroad arrived, and the school was declared a high school in 1925.

The John Gilbert Rosholt House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 27, 2010.

The 2020 census counted 478 residents in the Village of Rosholt.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official estimate for the village is 470.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Rosholt village is 469 (2020 estimates base 477).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population is 476 (margin of error +/-115).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age is 42.4 years (margin of error +/-4.9).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income is $54,063 (margin of error +/-$16,155).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied homes is $166,300 (margin of error +/-$54,855).

Rosholt elects a village president to a two-year term who presides over the village board; board members also serve two-year terms.

Robert Kurszewski is village president, with a term expiring April 2027.

Trustees are Travis Firkus, Robert Mueller and Joseph Malek (terms expiring April 2028) and Evett Hartvig (April 2027).

Trisha Wrycza is village clerk/treasurer, at 715-677-4510 and [email address]

The village board meets on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Village Hall.

The village office is at 101 S. Main St. (P.O. Box 245), open 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The village's official website is villageofrosholt.wi.gov; villageofrosholt.com redirects there.

Agendas for upcoming board and zoning plan commission meetings and minutes by date are posted on the Agenda / Minutes page; the 2026 minutes ran through an August 26 zoning meeting when fetched.

Standing committees are Streets & Sidewalks; Building, Parks & Grounds; Public Health & Safety; Sewer; Finance (the whole board); and License Review, plus a Board of Review, Zoning Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals.

Polls open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Village Hall, 101 S. Main Street, and results post on the Portage County website.

The village lies in the Rosholt School District.

The Rosholt School District (NCES 5513140) is a PK-12 district of 3 schools with 494 students in 2024-25, at 346 W. Randolph St. in the village.

Rosholt Elementary, Rosholt Middle and Rosholt High share the 346 W. Randolph St. campus.

Portage County had 1,715 business establishments and 29,656 paid employees in 2023, of which 5,002 worked in manufacturing.

Rosholt once had several weekly papers: the Rosholt Echo, followed by the Rosholt Journal, the Rosholt Review and the Community Press.

The Portage County Public Library's Rosholt Branch is at 137 N. Main Street (715-677-4512).

The Rosholt Fire District provides fire and rescue and the Rosholt Area First Responders provide volunteer emergency medical service from the station at 9075 State Road 66; Peter Rekowski is fire chief.

Bridge Community Health Clinic operates a HRSA-supported school-based site, Rosholt ES MS HS, at 346 W. Randolph St.

Rosholt Fair Park hosts events through the year, including the Easter egg hunt, the July 4 fireworks and the fair.

GNIS names Collins Lake as the lake whose nearest municipal centroid in Portage County is Rosholt.

Rosholt Fair Park hosts the official Portage County Fair; the 100th annual fair ran September 4 to 7, 2026, with a Saturday parade.

The 36th annual Thresheree antique pull and show, hosted by the Rosholt Threshermen, was set for July 18, 2026.

Summer music festivals at the park include Vibin' In The Pines (August 20 to 23, 2026) and Bluegrass In The Pines (August 27 to 30, 2026).

The Rosholt Fire Fighter's Steak Feed was held June 13, 2026, and the village events list says proceeds go to the firefighters' equipment fund.

Rippin' Thru Rosholt, a blacktop tractor pull on Main Street, falls on September 26, 2026, and the Christmas in the Pines enchanted forest opens November 27.

Winter brings the Rosholt Blizzard Busters Ice Fisheree on the second Saturday in January.

The village runs a sewer utility; its optional electronic direct payment plan processes payments quarterly, in January, April, July and October.

The Rosholt fire station sits on State Road 66.

The village scheduled a large-item pickup for Monday, October 12, 2026.