Florence, WI

Florence is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Florence County, Wisconsin, United States. The 2010 census counted 592 residents. Florence is located in northern Florence County, in Florence. The community was named a census-designated place in 2010. Florence High School is the area's public high school. In Florence, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Florence, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Florence and the area surrounding belonged to the Menominee and was a hunting and trapping region until iron was discovered there in the 1870s. The Florence Mine was discovered in October 1874 by H. Florence is situated in the Northern Highland region of Wisconsin near the Michigan border.