Clear Lake, Wisconsin
village in Polk County, Wisconsin
Clear Lake is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,099 at the 2020 census. The village is adjacent to the Town of Clear Lake along U.S. Highway 63.
Geography
Clear Lake is located at 45°15′1″N 92°16′18″W (45.250315, −92.271909).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.63 square miles (6.81 km2), of which 2.6 square miles (6.73 km2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, 1,070 people, 459 households, and 282 families lived in the village. The population density was 363.9 inhabitants per square mile (140.5/km2). The 502 housing units had an average density of 170.7 per square mile (65.9/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 97.4% White, 0.1% Native American, 0.2% Asian], 0.9% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 2.8% of the population.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Clear Lake, Wisconsin” is village in Polk County, Wisconsin. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Clear, Lake and Wisconsin, not as a finished interpretation.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2057642. Authority coordinates are 45.260, -92.226. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2010.
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This entry incorporates text from “Clear Lake, Wisconsin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.