Stevens Point, Wisconsin |Stevens Point, Wisconsin| |— City —|
|Nickname(s): Gateway to the Pineries| |• Mayor||Andrew
Halverson| |• City||17.20 sq mi (44.55 km2)| |• Land||15.96 sq
mi (41.34 km2)| |• Water||1.24 sq mi (3.21 km2)|
|Elevation||1,089 ft (332 m)| |• Estimate (2011)||26,741| |•
Density||1,674.0/sq mi (646.3/km2)| |Time zone||CST (UTC−6)| |•
Summer (DST)||CDT (UTC−5)| |Postal code(s)||54481, 54482| |Area
code(s)||715 & 534| |GNIS feature ID||1574878| Its 2010
population of 26,717 makes it the largest city in the county.
Stevens Point forms the core of the United States Census
Bureau's Stevens Point Micropolitan Statistical Area, which had
a 2010 population of 69,916. Historically part of the Menominee
homelands, a three-mile strip along the Wisconsin River was
ceded to the United States in an 1836 treaty. In 1854 the
Menominee made its last treaty with the U.S., gathering on a
reservation on the Wolf River. Stevens Point was named after
George Stevens, who operated a grocery and supply business on