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Lake Emily

Ghost town · Portage County, Wisconsin

Amherst quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000)
Amherst quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lake Emily is a ghost town in Portage County, Wisconsin, recorded as human settlement in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States of America. It is the only former community in Portage County recorded on the federal names register, out of 114 across Wisconsin.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lake Emily as a historical populated place on the Amherst topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 44.4778° N, 89.3348° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAmherst
Elevation1,124 ft
Nearest living townAmherst Junction, WI
Distance to it1.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1851499
Coordinates44.47775, -89.33484

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What's there now

Lake Emily is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Amherst Junction, WI (population 334), about 1.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,124 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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