The Forest County Potawatomi Community is a band of the Potawatomi, many of whom live on the Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation, most of which lies on numerous non-contiguous plots of land in southern Forest County and northern Oconto County, Wisconsin, USA. There is also a small 6.95 acre (28,000 m²) plot of land in the city of Milwaukee. The total land area of the reservation is 50.5795 km² (19.529 sq mi). The 2000 census reported a resident population of 531 persons on its territory.
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