Greenleaf, Wisconsin facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Greenleaf, Wisconsin
village
Looking north at the north side of Greenleaf on Wisconsin highways 32 and 57
Location in Brown County and the state of Wisconsin.
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Brown
Town	Wrightstown
Area
• Total	1.042 sq mi (2.70 km2)
• Land	1.042 sq mi (2.70 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	712 ft (217 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	607
• Density	582.5/sq mi (224.92/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	920
GNIS feature ID	1565848

Greenleaf is a village in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, in the town of Wrightstown.

History

As of the 2010 census it had a population of 607. Greenleaf was named for Emery B. Greenleaf, the general manager of the Milwaukee & Northern railroad at the time the Greenleaf post office was established in 1873.

Incorporation as a Village

In 2020, 800 residents of the community petitioned the state of Wisconsin to become a village. The Wisconsin Incorporation Review Board denied the petition's "characteristics of the territory" requirement as the petition included 2 separate areas: one in the vicinity of a roundabout of state highways WIS 57 and Wisconsin Highway 96 and another isolated area to the east of the Niagara Escarpment. The second area is isolated from the first by the escarpment, a quarry and vacant lands.

A revised proposal was approved on April 13, 2022.

Geography

It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highways 57/32 and 96. It uses ZIP code 54126. Greenleaf has an area of 1.042 square miles (2.70 km²), all of it land. The community is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Images for kids

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  Looking north at the intersection of Wisconsin Highways 57/32 and 96 in Greenleaf

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  The sign for Greenleaf

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  Greenleaf Post office

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  Looking east at Greenleaf along WIS 96

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  Greenleaf Fire department

See also

In Spanish: Greenleaf (Wisconsin) para niños