Colby, Wisconsin

About Colby

Colby is a small town in northern Wisconsin, home to 1,959 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Colby holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.64 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,195 residents per square mile.

📰 Colby News Today

• Opinion | What should be the official Wisconsin cheese? It ain’t Colby The Capital Times · Oct 9
• Colby Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• John Surdyk Named Director of Colby’s Halloran Lab for Entrepreneurship Colby News · Jul 14
• Schedule - Colby Hornets (Colby, WI) Girls Basketball 26-27 MaxPreps · Sep 21
• Ruth Ann Jacobson Obituary (2026) - Colby, WI - Life Tributes Funeral Home & Cremation Service Legacy | Obituary · Sep 22

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What Makes Colby Unique

• Positioned in northern Wisconsin, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Wisconsin — one of 808 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Colby

• Cherokee County Park reviews ★
• Cherokee Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Colby

• Colby Elementary
• Colby High
• Colby Middle
• Little Stars Pre-School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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