City in Bayfield County
Bayfield
- Population
- 584
- County
- Bayfield County
- Location
- 46.816, -90.825
Bayfield is a small city on the Lake Superior shore at the tip of the Bayfield Peninsula in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, and had a population of 584 at the 2020 Census, making it the least-populous incorporated city in the state. It is the mainland gateway to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (21 islands) and the Madeline Island ferry, and its economy is dominated by tourism, hospitality, and fruit growing (apple orchards and berry farms). Government is a mayor-council form led by Mayor Lynette Cornelius; the School District of Bayfield served about 415 students across 4 schools in 2024-2025. City-level population, income, and demographic figures are drawn from 2020 Census reporting via secondary sources and are flagged where a primary Census page could not be fetched.
What the records show
- Population: 584 (2020 census), 570 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 0.868 sq mi land, 0.002 sq mi water, at 46.816135, -90.824838 via www2.census.gov
- Bayfield County holds 337 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Status: city via en.wikipedia.org
- County: Bayfield County via nps.gov
- Coordinates: 46.8117 N, 90.8200 W via en.wikipedia.org
- Elevation: 830 via en.wikipedia.org
- Form: mayor-council via cityofbayfield.com
Local government
In memory, from Bayfield
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