Sand Bay, Wisconsin

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Sand Bay, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 46°56′45″N90°53′28″W / 46.94583°N 90.89111°W / 46.94583; -90.89111 Coordinates: 46°56′45″N90°53′28″W / 46.94583°N 90.89111°W / 46.94583; -90.89111
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Bayfield
Town Russell
Elevation
190 m (630 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1573653 [1]

Sand Bay is an unincorporated community in the town of Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located within the Red Cliff Indian Reservation.

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin Town in Wisconsin, United States

Russell is a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,279 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Red Cliff and Sand Bay are located in Russell. Red Cliff is the administrative center of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. York Island and Raspberry Island are part of the town.

Bayfield County, Wisconsin County in the United States

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Sand Bay is located on the South Shore of Lake Superior, 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of the city of Bayfield. The community is also located 37 miles north-northwest of the city of Ashland.

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