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Luck is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin, in the lake country of northwestern Wisconsin, about an hour northeast of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Luck began as two settlements founded by Danish immigrants in 1869: Luck, on Big Butternut Lake, and West Denmark, a few miles west on the shores of Little Butternut Lake.

When the railroad laid its tracks near the eastern settlement, that settlement won out, and the village of Luck was not incorporated until 1905, several years later than most surrounding villages.

Local legend says the name came from loggers who felt lucky to reach the big hotel on Big Butternut Lake before sundown on their way to the St. Croix River.

Luck is famous as the former 'Yo-Yo Capital of the World': between 1946 and 1965 it was home to the Duncan Yo-Yo Company.

On March 28, 1885, seven Danish emigrants organized the Luck Creamery Company, one of Wisconsin's first incorporated creameries, and its articles of organization were first published in Danish in the Polk County Press.

Big Butternut Lake, within the village, covers 384 acres and reaches a maximum depth of 19 feet.

About a quarter of the village's 2.50 square miles is water, spread across its lakes.

Luck had 1,093 residents at the 2020 census, down from 1,119 people in 475 households at the 2010 census.

Danish remains among the most commonly reported ancestries in the village, a legacy of its immigrant founders, and the unincorporated community of West Denmark still exists in the surrounding Town of Luck.