Village of Whiting, Portage County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

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The municipality is the Village of Whiting, an incorporated village in Portage County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5586975).

Whiting is an incorporated village governed by a Village President and six trustees.

The Village of Whiting covers 1.81 square miles of land and 0.374 square miles of water.

The village's Census internal point is near 44.490088 N, 89.560024 W.

USGS GNIS records Whiting as a named community in Portage County at 44.4935795, -89.5587292.

Village offices are at 3600 Water Street and use a Stevens Point, WI 54481 mailing address; office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Whiting, Wisconsin is distinct from the Hotel Whiting in Stevens Point, an NRHP-listed building that shares the name.

The 2020 Census count for the Village of Whiting was 1,601 residents.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official population estimate for Whiting is 1,633.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Whiting village is 1,647 (2020 estimates base 1,606).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population for Whiting village is 1,496 (margin of error plus or minus 303).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age in Whiting village is 45.2 years (margin of error plus or minus 6.8).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income in Whiting village is $72,257 (margin of error plus or minus $11,861).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied housing in Whiting village is $206,300 (margin of error plus or minus $18,438).

The Village President is Bill Taugner.

The village trustees are Jeanna Trzebiatowski, Troy Hojnacki, Mike Kaczmarek, Kevin J. Lutz, Ben Lasecki, and Paul Stroik.

The Clerk/Treasurer is Pam Filtz, with Meggie Grygleski as Deputy Clerk/Treasurer, both at (715) 341-2742.

The Wisconsin Municipal Data System lists Pamela Filtz as clerk for the Village of Whiting (DOA code 50191), email [email address]

Jacob (Jake) Wilcox is Director of Public Works and Utilities; the utility emergency line outside office hours is (715) 572-9434.

Village Board meetings in 2026 were held at 6 p.m. on second Tuesdays (March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, and September 8), with the annual organizational meeting on April 21, 2026.

Village Board meetings take place at the Village of Whiting Municipal Center, 3600 Water St.

Standing bodies include the Utilities Committee, Plan Commission (chaired by the Village President), Public Works & Parks Committee, Ordinance, Finance/Budget, Personnel, Public Safety, and Building committees, the Tree Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Board of Review.

Agendas, minutes, and packets post on the village website's Agendas & Minutes page, and residents can subscribe to email notifications for news, agendas, minutes, and packets.

The Village of Whiting's official website is villageofwhiting.org; village staff email uses the vi.whiting.wi.gov domain.

The September 8, 2026 Village Board agenda included a possible moratorium on construction of large data centers and creation of an ad hoc committee of two trustees and one citizen to study allowing data centers in the village.

On September 15, 2026 the village sought a citizen member for the ad hoc committee studying the feasibility of data centers, and the meetings feed lists an Ad Hoc Committee meeting on September 16, 2026.

The village posted a request for proposals for a building inspector on September 14, 2026, and its September 8 agenda weighed a contract with the Village of Plover for building inspection services.

The village's own links page points residents to McDill Elementary School and the Stevens Point Area Public Schools.

NCES lists McDill Elementary (NCES ID 551449001875) at 2516 School St, Stevens Point, WI 54481, and Plover-Whiting Elementary (NCES ID 551449001878) at 1400 Hoover Ave, Plover, both under NCES district ID 5514490, the same district as Stevens Point Area Senior High.

For county context, Portage County had 1,715 business establishments and 29,656 paid employees in 2023.

The September 8, 2026 agenda considered a request from Big X Rentals to build commercial rental units at 2906 Post Rd.

Point/Plover Metro Wire covers Whiting; on September 17, 2026 it reported the Plover Fire Department moving its annual open house to Station 2 in the Village of Whiting.

WHTQ (FM, 96.7 MHz) is licensed to Whiting, WI; the licensee is NRG License Sub, LLC.

The village's links page lists the Stevens Point Journal, the Portage County Gazette, WAOW, and WSAW as news sites.

The Plover Fire and EMS Department provides primary fire suppression, extrication, wildland fire, and public education service to the Village of Whiting, and Whiting is part of the Portage County Metropolitan Fire District automatic-aid agreement.

Plover Fire Department Station 2 is at 3600 Water St. in the Village of Whiting, the same address as the village offices.

The village runs its own water and sewer utility; bills can be paid by quarterly automatic withdrawal, by cash or check, or online by credit card or e-check through Gov Pay.

Waste Management collects village garbage and recycling.

The village runs a compost site; residents need a compost card from the village office to enter.

The village's links page lists the Portage County Public Library; no library outlet inside the village was identified.

The 2.1-mile Whiting Crossing section of the Green Circle Trail runs from County HH on the east to the Plover River bridge at Whiting Park on the west, through Mainland Meadows and Upper Whiting Park.

Upper Whiting Park sits on a ridge above the Plover River, and the trail page says several Indian mounds are visible in the park.

Mainland Meadows is a 29-acre property forming the southern portion of the village well field; the Mainland family made it available for purchase in 1992, and the village acquired it with a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant.

McDill Pond is a 260-acre impoundment of the Plover River created by a dam in the Village of Whiting.

Wausau Pilot & Review reported in July 2020 that the Whiting Crossing section had opened as part of a 27-mile trail around the Stevens Point area.

Plover's Fire Safety Night is scheduled for 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, October 1, 2026, at Station 2 in the Village of Whiting.

Originally platted as McDill Village in 1873, Whiting incorporated in 1947 and was named for George A. Whiting, a papermaking pioneer who built a paper mill on the Wisconsin River in 1891.

The original dam at McDill Pond was built for a sawmill in 1852, and Thomas and Alexander McDill bought the sawmill in 1864, giving the pond its name.