La Pointe, WI Real Estate

La Pointe is a town in Ashland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 246 at the 2000 census. Its name in the Anishinaabe language is Mooningwanekaaning, meaning "the place full of Yellow-shafted Flicker ".

The town includes all of the Apostle Islands. There is an unincorporated community named La Pointe on Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands and the only one open for commercial development. Although originally the site of a fortified French trading post from 1693-1698, and 1718-1759, La Pointe today was founded more directly as an American Fur Company outpost, beginning in the late 18th century under the leadership of Michel Cadotte. Today, the town's history is preserved at Madeline Island Historical Museum.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 201.9 km (78.0 mi ). 200.9 km (77.6 mi ) of it is land and 1.0 km (0.4 mi ) of it (0.50%) is water.

As of the census 2 of 2000, there were 246 people, 125 households, and 66 families residing in the town. The population density was 1.2/km (3.2/mi ). There were 692 housing units at an average density of 3.4/km (8.9/mi ). The racial makeup of the town was 94.72% White, 1.63% Native American, 0.41% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other races, and 2.85% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.41% of the population.

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