Village of Withee, Clark County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

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The Village of Withee is an incorporated village in Clark County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5588275).

The village covers 0.818 square miles of land and no water, centered near 44.950982, -90.598847.

The Census Bureau also carries the village as a county subdivision of Clark County (GEOID 5501988275).

The Village of Withee is a separate municipality from the Town of Withee, which had a 2020 census count of 1,033 and covers 35.051 square miles of land.

GNIS records Withee as a populated place in Clark County at 44.9563574, -90.5976351.

The Census geocoder places the village's internal point in ZIP code tabulation area 54498, State Assembly District 69, State Senate District 23 and the 7th Congressional District.

The village lies mostly within the Town of Hixon, with a small portion extending south into the Town of Longwood.

The village describes itself as located just off the Black River.

The village was founded in 1870 and incorporated as a village in 1901.

The village says it is named after a school teacher from Maine, W.H. Withee; Wikipedia names him Niran Withee, a Maine schoolteacher, La Crosse lumberman and Wisconsin legislator.

The Soo Railroad made Withee the principal shipping point for D.J. Spaulding Mills.

A Danish Lutheran congregation formed in the Town of Hixon north of Withee from 1893, and Nazareth Lutheran church remains.

The 2020 census counted 506 residents in the Village of Withee.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official estimate for the village is 513.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Withee village is 526 (2020 estimates base 506).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population is 522 (margin of error +/-178).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age is 52.2 years (margin of error +/-6.7).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income is $65,481 (margin of error +/-$38,212, a wide interval).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied homes is $93,200 (margin of error +/-$5,408).

Larry T. Klabon is village president.

Trustees listed are Randy Shelton, Nancy Amacher, William Kroeplin and Susan Kalepp.

Ellen Niemi is village clerk/treasurer, at 715-229-4319.

Derek Schad is director of public works (715-229-4112).

The village office is at 511 Division St. (P.O. Box A), open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The village's official website is villageofwithee.com; the state clerk directory lists a villageofwitheewi.gov email domain, which also answered on September 19, 2026.

Meeting minutes, agendas and packets are posted to a searchable Agendas & Minutes page, and notices appear under News & Notices.

Police service comes from the Owen-Withee Police Department (715-229-2161).

Recent village notices include fall water main flushing (posted September 16, 2026) and a search for a library director (posted September 2, 2026).

The village lies in the Owen-Withee School District.

The Owen-Withee School District (NCES 5511310) is a PK-12 district of 3 schools with 481 students in 2024-25; its office and all three schools are at 832 W. 3rd St. in neighboring Owen.

The village lists nearby colleges including Northcentral Technical College's Spencer campus (24 miles), Mid-State Technical College in Marshfield (30 miles) and UW-Eau Claire (45 miles).

The Withee Industrial Park on County Highway T has 35 acres, 2 of them available, owned by the village, half a mile from four-lane Highway 29.

The village lists two tax increment financing districts, TIF #2 and TIF #3.

The village points visitors to local Mennonite stores.

Clark County had 779 business establishments and 9,517 paid employees in 2023, of which 3,947 worked in manufacturing.

The Withee Public Library, which celebrated 100 years in 2019, is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fire and EMS come from the Owen-Withee-Curtiss Fire & EMS District (715-229-2652).

The village lists a Withee Post Office at 715-229-2109.

The Withee Ball Park is owned by the village and run in summer by the Withee Softball Association, with tournaments and adult and youth leagues.

New pickleball courts sit at the north end of Lions Park on Front Street.

The O-W Black River Sportsmen's Club offers trap shooting and bow and arrow targets.

All village streets are open to ATVs and UTVs.

Withee Days is a June community event; the library page describes June programming timed to it.

The Withee Summer Volleyball league plays every Sunday night.

The village lists State Highway 29 about 1 mile north, State Highway 73 about 1 mile south, and County Highway X intersecting the village.

The village lists Wausau at 46 miles, Marshfield at 38 miles and Eau Claire at 54 miles, with Canadian National rail 2 miles north in Owen.

Electricity comes from Xcel Energy, gas from WE Energies, and water from the municipal system.

The village runs a yard waste recycling center behind the Black River Sportsmen's Club at 201 Division Street, for village residents only.