Finley, Wisconsin
town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States
Finley is a town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 88 at the 2020 census.
History
Created in the 1890s from parts of Armenia and Kingston, Finley first appeared on the 1900 United States census, with a population of 201.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.6 square miles (99.9 km2), of which 38.3 square miles (99.1 km2) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.8 km2) (0.78%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 84 people, 33 households, and 25 families residing in the town. The population density was 2.2 people per square mile (0.8/km2). There were 97 housing units at an average density of 2.5 per square mile (1.0/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.81% White, and 1.19% from two or more races.
There were 33 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 15.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Finley, Wisconsin” as town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1885086. Authority coordinates are 44.213, -90.136. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1900 and 2000.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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