Editing Stanley, Wisconsin

{{For|the town in Barron County|Stanley, Barron County, Wisconsin}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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| subdivision_name2  = [[Chippewa County, Wisconsin|Chippewa]], [[Clark County, Wisconsin|Clark]]

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'''Stanley''' is a city in [[Chippewa County, Wisconsin|Chippewa]] and [[Clark County, Wisconsin|Clark]] counties in the U.S. state of [[Wisconsin]]. The population was 3,804 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. Of this, 3,804 were in Chippewa County,<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Stanley city, Chippewa County, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Stanley%20city,%20Chippewa%20County,%20Wisconsin |access-date=November 5, 2024 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> and none were in Clark County.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Stanley city, Clark County, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Stanley%20city,%20Clark%20County,%20Wisconsin |access-date=November 5, 2024 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

== History ==
Stanley was settled and platted in 1881 in the [[Delmar, Wisconsin|Town of Delmar]] when the [[Wisconsin Central Railroad (1871–1899)|Wisconsin Central Railroad]] built its line through Chippewa County. The settlement was named for Lemuel C. Stanley, a merchant and railroad man from Chippewa Falls who was involved in that first plat.<ref name=nrhp_nom>{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Mary E.|title=D.R. Moon Memorial Library|url={{NRHP url|id=85003096}}|access-date=2016-04-10|work=[[NRHP]] Inventory-Nomination Form|publisher=National Park Service|date=August 1985}}</ref> The main early businesses were a small steam sawmill and some [[charcoal]] [[kiln]]s built by the York Iron Company in 1887.<ref>{{cite book|last=Forrester|first=George|title=Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley Wisconsin|year=1891|publisher=A. Warner|location=Chicago, Ill|pages=61|url=http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wch&CISOPTR=14519&REC=1}}</ref>

In 1891 the Northwestern Lumber Company from Eau Claire started a big lumber mill at Stanley.<ref name=Nagel/> Starting in the 1860s, Northwestern had sawed its lumber at its company town [[Porter's Mills, Wisconsin|Porter's Mills]], on the [[Chippewa River (Wisconsin)|Chippewa River]] four miles below Eau Claire. But by the early 1890s Northwestern had exhausted its holdings of timber easy to [[Log driving|drive]] down the river. Timber stands still remained on land away from the rivers, so Northwestern switched its model from river-logging to railroad-logging, and shut down Porter's Mills.<ref name=Pfaff>{{cite book|last1=Pfaff|first1=Tim|title=Settlement and Survival: Building Towns in the Chippewa Valley (1850-1925)|date=1994|publisher=Chippewa Valley Museum Press|location=Eau Claire, Wisconsin|isbn=0-9636191-1-X|pages=73, 78–79}}</ref> The company built a new mill at Stanley and spawned the Stanley, Merrill and Phillips Railway to haul logs out of the country to the north and south.<ref>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Stanley, Merrill and Phillips Railway|WikiProject Trains: Stanley, Merrill and Phillips Railway]].</ref> (The railway never reached [[Merrill, Wisconsin|Merrill]] or [[Phillips, Wisconsin|Phillips]]; its furthest reach was Walrath, to the north of [[Jump River (CDP), Wisconsin|Jump River]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Merrill-Phillips-Railway-Mitterhoffer/dp/B0006X8FZS The Stanley, Merrill and Phillips Railway: And a Brief History of the Villages that Grew Up Along the Tracks : Mitterhoffer, Bellinger, Polley, Gilman, Hannibal, Jump River, Wallrath]. By Paul Nagel, 1 January 1979.</ref><ref>[https://gochippewacounty.com/listings/the-stanley-merrill-and-phillips-railroad-13/ GoChippewaCounty: The Stanley, Merrill and Phillips Railroad]. Accessed 19 May 2023.</ref>) The mill in Stanley sawed wood until 1920, when Northwestern's timber holdings in the area were largely exhausted.  Over that period, the mill is estimated to have sawed 850 million board feet of lumber.<ref name=Nagel>{{cite book|last=Nagel|first=Paul|title=S.M.&P. Ry. – The Stanley, Merrill and Phillips Railway|year=1979|publisher=Print-it Press Company|location=Chippewa Falls, Wisc.|pages=6–10, 44}}</ref>

Through the 1890s the population of Stanley increased from 500 to 2500.<ref name=Pfaff/> Stanley became a village in 1895 and separated politically from the Town of Delmar as the City of Stanley in 1898.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} In 1897, attracted by rail connections and the supply of [[Tsuga|hemlock]] bark, the [[U.S. Leather Company]] opened a [[Tanning (leather)|tannery]] in Stanley which employed 200 men and by 1908 tanned 75,000 hides shipped in from Chicago to South America. Stanley's other big early industry was the Big Four Canning Factory<ref name=Pfaff/> on the north side of town,<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanley 1919 - Sanborn Fire Insurance Map |url=https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/11440 |website=Wisconsin Historical Society |publisher=Sanborn Map Company |access-date=2020-11-28}}</ref> where immigrant farmers brought wagonloads of peas, cabbage, corn and beets grown on the logging cutover. In 1914 Big Four produced up to 100,000 cans of vegetables per day, shipping them all over the country.<ref name=Pfaff/>

[[Image:D R Moon Memorial Library.jpg|thumb|The [[D. R. Moon Memorial Library|D.R. Moon Library]] was donated in 1901 to the people of Stanley by the family of the Northwestern Lumber Company's president.]]
On May 18, 1906, a fire started in one of the Northwest Lumber Company buildings east of the current Chapman Lake in what is now Fandry Park.  The fire quickly spread to other businesses and into the residential area to the east.  It ended up destroying a number of business buildings, two churches, and about seventy homes.  But neighbors helped neighbors, businesses rebuilt (some with fireproof brick), and the city moved on.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hoffman|first=Arnie|title=Stanley fire among most damaging|url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/county/eauclaire/history/ourstory/vol5/stanley.html|access-date=2011-11-11|newspaper=Our Story 1776–1976 – insert in Eau Claire Leader Telegram|year=1976|author2=Jean Anderson}}</ref> The Northwestern Lumber Company had started a [[brickyard]] around 1900, digging its clay north of Chapman Park's location.  After the fire in 1906, production increased greatly to rebuild Stanley and buildings as far off as Eau Claire and [[Auburndale, Wisconsin|Auburndale]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Brickmaking once Booming Business|url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/county/eauclaire/history/ourstory/vol3/brickmaking.html|access-date=2011-11-11|newspaper=Our Story 1776–1976 – insert in Eau Claire Leader Telegram|year=1976}}</ref>

On May 20, 2002, the City of Stanley annexed a portion of land in the [[Thorp, Clark County, Wisconsin|Town of Thorp]] in [[Clark County, Wisconsin|Clark County]].

On [[December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak|December 15, 2021]], an EF2 tornado went through the city starting southwest and went northeast. It damaged several buildings including the historic train depot. There was no Injuries/Deaths.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic, Unprecedented Storm of December 15-16, 2021 |url=https://www.weather.gov/mpx/HistoricStormDecember2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717135919/https://www.weather.gov/mpx/HistoricStormDecember2021 |archive-date=2022-07-17 |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Historic, Unprecedented Storm of December 15–16, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Stanley, Wisconsin.jpg|thumb|left|Stanley, Wisconsin]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.25|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.18|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.07|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>

Stanley is located primarily on the north side of [[Wisconsin State Highway 29]].  It is mostly in Chippewa County, but parts of the east side are in Clark County.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1900 = 2387
| 1910 = 2675
| 1920 = 2577
| 1930 = 1988
| 1940 = 2021
| 1950 = 2014
| 1960 = 2014
| 1970 = 2049
| 1980 = 2095
| 1990 = 2011
| 2000 = 1898
| 2010 = 3608
| 2020 = 3804
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $27,644, and the median income for a family was $41,964. Males had a median income of $27,900 versus $21,607 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $19,421. About 4.0% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.8% of those under age 18 and 11.2% of those age 65 or over.

===2010 census===
As of the census<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-18}}</ref> of 2010, there were 3,608 people, 930 households, and 532 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|863.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,006 housing units at an average density of {{convert|240.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 80.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 16.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.1% of the population.

There were 930 households, of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.9% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.8% were non-families. 37.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.96.

The median age in the city was 37.6 years. 15.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 39.1% were from 25 to 44; 24.9% were from 45 to 64; and 12% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 68.8% male and 31.2% female.

== Healthcare ==
[[File:Aspirus hospital.jpg|thumb|Aspirus hospital]]
Aspirus Stanley Hospital is a 24-bed [[Critical Access Hospital|critical access hospital]] with a [[Trauma center|level IV trauma center]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Hospital Directory |url=https://www.ahd.com/free_profile/521311/_Ascension_Our_Lady_of_Victory_Hospital/Stanley/Wisconsin/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.ahd.com}}</ref> The area is located in both a [[mental health]] and primary care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) qualifying the area as a [[Medical deserts in the United States|medical desert]]. There are 14.6 [[primary care physician]]s per 100,000 population in Stanley compared to the statewide average of 75.6.<ref name="Reports">{{Cite web |title=Reports |url=https://www.wcmew.org/reports |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=WCMEW |language=en-US}}</ref> By 2035, the area is expected to have a 53% deficit in physicians, the fifth largest predicted deficit in Wisconsin.<ref name="Reports"/> There are no behavioral health physicians in Stanley.<ref name="Reports"/>

==Education==
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Students residing in Stanley and the neighboring village of [[Boyd, Wisconsin|Boyd]] are served by Stanley-Boyd Elementary School, Stanley-Boyd Middle School, and Stanley-Boyd High School. The high school has an enrollment of 332 students. For interscholastic sports, Stanley-Boyd High School is a member of the [[Cloverbelt Conference]] of the [[Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association|WIAA]].

==Stanley Correctional Institution==
The city is the site of the [[Stanley Correctional Institution]].

==Notable people==
{{div col}}
* [[Robert Whitney Burns]], [[U.S. Air Force]] Lieutenant General
* [[Dave Cahill]], [[Philadelphia Eagles]], [[Los Angeles Rams]], and [[Atlanta Falcons]]
* [[Clarence B. Culbertson]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[George H. Hipke]], Wisconsin State Senator
* [[Larry Krause]], [[Green Bay Packers]]
* [[Vincent Mroz]], Secret Service agent
* [[David Plombon]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Terry A. Willkom]], Wisconsin State Representative
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[List of cities in Wisconsin]]

== References ==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Stanley, Wisconsin}}
* {{official website|http://stanleywisconsin.us}}
* Sanborn fire insurance maps: [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/11416 1895] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/11422 1900] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/11429 1907] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/11438 1912] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/11448 1919]

{{Chippewa County, Wisconsin}}
{{Clark County, Wisconsin}}

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[[Category:Cities in Chippewa County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Cities in Clark County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Cities in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Eau Claire–Chippewa Falls metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1881]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in Wisconsin]]