Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
City
Wood County Courthouse
Location of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 44°23′0.87″N 89°49′2.45″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Wood
Founded	1900
Incorporated	April 6, 1868
Government
• Mayor	Matt Zacher
Area
• City	14.795 sq mi (38.319 km2)
• Land	13.902 sq mi (36.005 km2)
• Water	0.893 sq mi (2.314 km2)
Elevation	1,027 ft (313 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	18,877
• Estimate  (2023)	18,670
• Density	1,343.7/sq mi (518.81/km2)
• Urban	29,550
• Metro	73,939
Time zone	UTC–6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	54494, 54495
Area codes	715 and 534
FIPS code	55-88200
GNIS feature ID	1576906
Website	www.wirapids.gov

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Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Wisconsin River. The population was 18,877 at the 2020 census. It is a principal city of the Marshfield–Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Wood County and had a population of 74,207 in 2020.

The city was established in the late 1830s as the series of rapids along the Wisconsin River provided good sites for water-driven sawmills, and nearby forests held pine lumber to be sawed and floated down the river. After the lumber dwindled, the waterpower drove electric generators and various other enterprises–particularly paper mills.