Mattoon Wisconsin Map

About Mattoon, Wisconsin

Mattoon is a locality in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 357. The population density is 84.1 people per km². Mattoon is located at 45.0041°N, 89.0421°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mattoon is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 54450, 54409.

Mattoon anchors itself amidst the dense, verdant timberland of northern Wisconsin, where the West Branch Red River carves a serpentine path through the low-lying terrain. It lies 19.8 miles southwest of Langlade, WI (from Langlade, WI: bearing 230°T), and is situated 10.8 miles south-southeast of Antigo. The landscape here is defined by a quiet, persistent moisture, with the calm waters of Dollar Lake resting only two miles to the west and the Statewide Spring Ponds - Lm providing a sanctuary of quiet pools just four miles beyond. On the distant horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Harrison Hills suggests a ruggedness that softens into the marshy, wooded plains surrounding the settlement. The air carries the scent of damp pine needles and turned earth, a crisp weight that clings to the skin during the long, gray-tinted transitions between the seasons.

Mattoon maintains a measured, industrious pace, its identity forged in the timber and agricultural labor that defined the early settlement period. The local economy persists with a stoic reliance on the surrounding woods and fields, where the remnants of a once-thriving milling industry linger in the sturdy, weathered architecture of the older buildings. Residents here carry the distinct cultural imprint of the German and Polish settlers who first cleared these thickets, keeping a rhythm that favors the seasonal harvest over the frantic pulse of larger hubs. Evenings often settle into a familiar quietude, where the only disruption to the stillness is the low murmur of the river and the occasional light flickering from a porch, illuminating the dark, frost-kissed edges of the timber line.

About This Mattoon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mattoon, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 45.004136, -89.042054. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Mattoon includes the ZIP code (54450, 54409), telephone area code (715), county seat of Shawano County (Shawano), and school district assignment (Antigo School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.