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Antigo is the county seat of Langlade County, Wisconsin, USA. The population was 8,560 at the 2000 census. Most of the city is located within the Town of Antigo. Small portions are within the towns of Ackley and Rolling. Antigo is the centre of a good farming and lumbering district, and its manufactures consist principally of lumber, chairs, furniture, sashes, doors and blinds, hubs and spokes, and other wood products. The city has a Carnegie library.

Antigo is located at 45.141218, -89.153385, about 160 miles northwest of Milwaukee.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.8 km² (6.5 mi²). 16.7 km² (6.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.77%) is water.

The city was founded in 1878 by Francis A. Deleglise. The name "Antigo" comes from the Chippewa Indian name for the river that flows through the area, "Nequi-Antigo-sebi" meaning "spring river" or "evergreen". Antigo sits on a plateau about 1500 feet above sea level. The city gained its charter in 1883.

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