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Welcome to Plover ...The village of Plover is located in Portage County<1>. The location of Plover has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Plover, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Plover has a population of 13,136 people<3> (see below for details). Plover is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Plover lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Plover: (715) and (534)<5> Websites for Plover ...Official Website: www.eplover.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Plover had an population of 13,136 people. This is an increase of 8.36% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 24.87% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Plover had a population of 12,123 people (or 17.31% of the total population of Portage County). This makes Plover the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Plover represents 0.21% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 69th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 12,123 people, the population of Plover increased 15.24% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 10,520 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Plover. Communities Also Named Plover ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Plover - they are located in Iowa, Pennsylvania and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Plover. Communities near Plover ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Plover.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Plover. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plover. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Plover. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plover. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Plover. See our Newspapers Page for Plover. Adding Plover to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Plover in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Plover was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Plover in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Plover. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Plover: www.eplover.com/ The official website for Portage County: www.co.portage.wi.us/ The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/ Footnotes ...
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