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Colby

city in Wisconsin, United States
Place village Q1569347

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
Village, fourth-class city[4]
Official website
www.ci.colby.wi.us[6]
Official name
Colby[10]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 44.910°, -90.317°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Clark County, Marathon County[1][2]

Population and size

Area
+4.391257, +4.061724[13][14]
Elevation above sea level
+412[12]
Population
1.4k (1.4k–2.0k, n=3)[7][8][9]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1,852 · 1,952 · 1,354 GeoNames 1,828 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Postal code
54421[5]
More facts +3
Number of households
+610[11]
Per capita income
+23927[16]
Water as percent of area
+0.3255[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Colby en Colby, WI ar كولبي fa کوبی ja コルビー sv Colby, Wisconsin uk Колбі
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
2009-0620-Colby-downtown.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
42576
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
55-16150
Freebase ID
/m/01mjsg
GNIS Feature ID
1563232, 1582997
GeoNames ID
5249095
OpenStreetMap relation ID
242832
OpenWeatherMap city ID
5249095
UN/LOCODE
USC8Y
Who's on First ID
101732465
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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Located in time zoneP421
America/Chicago 2026-09-26 P/PPL · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Clark County, Marathon County
Country 1
United States
Instance of 1
Village
Named after 1
Colby cheese
People born here 1
George Washington Blanchard
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Colby include Colby cheese[17], a cow's-milk cheese[18].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Colby include Colby cheese[17], a cow's-milk cheese[18].

Related Entities

United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jihaim · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Instance of → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4.391257'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4.061724'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Clark County, Marathon County
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Locator map image: Clark County Wisconsin Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Colby Highlighted.svg"
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