The Greater Northwoods

Village in Ashland County

Butternut

Population
366
County
Ashland County
Location
46.013, -90.497

Butternut is a small incorporated village in the southern tip of Ashland County, in northern Wisconsin, strung along State Highway 13 near the Price County line and named for nearby Butternut Lake. It grew up around the railroad and lumber trade and voted to incorporate on June 1, 1903, and its 2010 Census population was 375 (reported at 366 in 2020). The village is run by an elected Village President (Gary Vander Wyst) and a six-member Board of Trustees with Cindy Pritzl as Clerk/Treasurer, and its children attend the PK-12 Butternut School District. Its identity is Northwoods fishing and small-town festival life, anchored by 983-acre Butternut Lake, the Butternut Area Business Alliance, and the annual Butternut Pioneer Days each July.

The record

227 records name Butternut

  • 197 news
  • 16 notices
  • 8 events
  • 6 obituaries

Showing the 40 most recent of 227. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

40 of 43 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Industry: small manufacturing/trades + fishing tourism secondary source via butternutwi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Employers: Northland Pier Products; Signature Sign & Graphics via butternutwi.com
  • Tourism: fishing tourism (Butternut Lake) secondary source via butternutwi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Institutions and anchors

Business and commerce

Media

  • Ashland press: Ashland Daily Press (Ashland) via apg-wi.com
  • Park falls: Park Falls Herald / Price County Review secondary source via butternutwi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Broadcast: WLEF 36 (PBS), WJFW 12 (NBC), WNBI 980 AM, WCQM 98.3 FM via butternutwi.com

Recreation and natural assets

Events and seasonal rhythm

Infrastructure and access

In memory, from Butternut

All obituaries

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