Rice Lake, Wisconsin, United States

🇺🇸 Rice Lake is a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. The city is located mostly within the Town of Rice Lake.

History Rice Lake was named in 1870 after nearby Rice Lake. A post office has been in operation in Rice Lake since 1872.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.70 square miles (25.12 km²), of which, 8.60 square miles (22.27 km²) is land and 1.10 square miles (2.85 km²) is water.

Rice Lake is along the Red Cedar River.

Infrastructure U.S. Highway 53, Wisconsin Highway 48, County Road SS (Main Street), and County Road O (South Access Road) are the main routes in the city.

The area is served by Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field (KRPD), which is located south of Rice Lake.

Rice Lake formerly had passenger rail service at the Rice Lake station.

Education Public schools Rice Lake Area School District operates public schools: • Rice Lake High School • Northern Lakes Regional Academy • Rice Lake Middle School • Haugen Elementary • Hilltop Elementary • Tainter Elementary

Private schools • Redeemer Lutheran School • St. Joseph School

Post-secondary education • University of Wisconsin–Barron County • Northwood Technical College (formerly Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College) - Rice Lake Campus

Economy Rice Lake serves as a shopping, industrial, educational, and medical hub for the surrounding rural communities of Barron, Cameron, Chetek, Shell Lake, Cumberland, Spooner, Ladysmith.

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