 pacific is a town in columbia county, wisconsin, united states. the population was 2,518 at the 2000 census. ==geography== according to the united states census bureau, the town has a total area of 21.6&nbsp;square miles (55.9&nbsp;kmÂ²), of which, 20.3&nbsp;square miles (52.7&nbsp;kmÂ²) of it is land and 1.3&nbsp;square miles (3.3&nbsp;kmÂ²) of it (5.88%) is water. over  of the town are owned by the wisconsin department of natural resources, consisting mostly of the swan lake wildlife area. ==history== pacific was established in 1854 when it was sectioned off from the neighboring city of portage. its first elected official was n.h. wood, the owner of a large portion of the land within the town's borders. ==demographics== as of the census of 2000, there were 2,518 people, 1,007 households, and 784 famil
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