Pensaukee, Wisconsin

Pensaukee is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States, on the coast of Green Bay.

[6] The lumbering community of Pensaukee was largely destroyed on July 7, 1877, by a tornado, estimated at F3 intensity on the Fujita scale.

[7] The death toll included four children and two adults, as well as 32 injuries, many horses and cattle killed, and 50 buildings destroyed, including the town's hotel (the Gardner House), sawmill, flour mill, boarding house, school, depot, and many houses and barns.

There were 562 housing units at an average density of 15.8 per square mile (6.1/km2).

20.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Gravestone of a victim of the Pensaukee Tornado (Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, WI)