Pulcifer, Wisconsin

Pulcifer is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Green Valley, Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. Pulcifer is located on the Oconto River and Wisconsin Highway 22 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Cecil. As of the 2010 census, its population is 134.[2]

Pulcifer, Wisconsin
Census-designated place
Pulcifer, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Pulcifer, Wisconsin
Pulcifer, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°50′39″N 88°21′36″W
CountryUnited States
StateWisconsin
CountyShawano
Area
 • Total1.038 sq mi (2.69 km2)
 • Land1.033 sq mi (2.68 km2)
 • Water0.005 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
791 ft (241 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total134
 • Density130/sq mi (50/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1571968[1]

History

The community was named after Daniel H. Pulcifer (1834–1896), who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and also served as mayor of Shawano, Wisconsin.[3]

Notable people
  • Otto A. Risum, Wisconsin State Assemblyman, farmer, and merchant, lived in Pulcifer; Risum served as chairman of the Green Valley Town Board.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pulcifer, Wisconsin
  2. "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
  3. "D. H. Pulcifer Dead". The Weekly Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI. January 25, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved August 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897.' Biographical Sketch of Otto A. Risum, pg. 695
  • Media related to Pulcifer at Wikimedia Commons


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