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.
What the records show
- Population: 366 (2020 census), 360 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 1.58 sq mi land, 0. sq mi water, at 46.013304, -90.497426 via www2.census.gov
- Ashland County holds 88 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Parker Lake, Slim Lake, Bullhead Lake via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Village of Butternut via ashlandcountywi.gov
- Type: incorporated village via www2.census.gov
- Incorporated: 1903 via butternutwi.com
- County: Ashland County via ashlandcountywi.gov
In memory, from Butternut
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