Town in Vilas County
Town of Arbor Vitae
- Population
- 3,403
- County
- Vilas County
- Location
- 45.969, -89.686
Arbor Vitae is a civil town in Vilas County in Wisconsin's Greater Northwoods, governed by an elected town board and centered on the unincorporated community of Arbor Vitae along U.S. Highway 51. The Wisconsin Department of Administration reports a 2020 Census count of 3,403 and a January 1, 2025 estimate of 3,429, and the town describes a year-round population near 3,300 that swells toward 10,000 in summer. The economy is built on outdoor recreation and tourism (hundreds of lakes, the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest, and Lakeland Airport, which sits within the town). The town shares the ZIP code 54568, schools, chamber, and Aspirus Howard Young Medical Center with neighboring Woodruff and Minocqua.
What the records show
- Population: 3403 (2020 census), 3429 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 61.464 sq mi land, 9.488 sq mi water, at 45.96921, -89.685717 via www2.census.gov
- Vilas County holds 570 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Vandercook Lake, Trilby Lake, Little Spider Lake, Pauto Lake, Verna Lake, Punch Lake, Hurrah Lake, Little Rock Lake, Mann Lake, Midge Lake, Bug Lake, Towanda Lake, Benedict Lake, Scaffold Lake and 41 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Town of Arbor Vitae via townofarborvitae.org
- Type: town (civil town / township) via vilascountywi.gov
- County: Vilas County via townofarborvitae.org
- Land area: 62.6 via ncwrpc.org
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