The Greater Northwoods

Town in Vilas County

Town of Cloverland

Population
1,068
County
Vilas County
Location
45.943, -89.365

Cloverland is a rural Wisconsin town (civil township) in southern Vilas County in the Greater Northwoods, covering about 30.9 square miles of land studded with lakes inside and around the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest. The U.S. Census counted 1,068 residents in 2020, and the Wisconsin Department of Administration estimates 1,072 as of January 1, 2025. It is governed by an elected town board (Chairperson Steve Favorite) with a combined clerk/treasurer, sends its students to the Northland Pines School District, and is marketed with neighboring Plum Lake as the Sayner-Star Lake-Cloverland area, a four-season lake-tourism and snowmobiling community.

The record

37 records name Town of Cloverland

What the records show

40 of 54 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 1068 (2020 census), 1072 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 30.915 sq mi land, 4.13 sq mi water, at 45.943053, -89.365174 via www2.census.gov
  • Vilas County holds 570 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: Snipe Lake, Muskellunge Lake, Nelson Lake, Bullfrog Lake, Honeysuckle Lake, Ewald Lake, Rice Lake, Sunset Lake, Aspen Lake, Lotus Lake, Andrew Lake, Lake Mary, Frost Lake, Chickaree Lake and 24 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Overview

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Industry: tourism, second-home, outdoor recreation secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Employers: None unverified via vilaswi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Institutions and anchors

  • Library: Plum Lake Public Library, Sayner via plumlakewi.gov
  • Postoffice: Sayner Post Office (54560) secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Museum: Vilas County Historical Museum, Sayner secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Hospital: Eagle River (nearest hospital) unverified via vilaswi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

Media

  • Vcnewsreview: Vilas County News-Review secondary source via vcnewsreview.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Lakeland: The Lakeland Times secondary source via lakelandtimes.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Recreation and natural assets

  • Nhal: Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest via dnr.wisconsin.gov
  • Lakes: Razorback Lake; Muskellunge Lake; Perch Lake secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Snowmobile: ~80 miles (club); 700+ miles (county) secondary source via sayner-starlake-cloverland.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Knownfor: lakes, fishing, snowmobiling, forest recreation secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Seasonal: summer lake tourism + winter snowmobiling secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Signature: None unverified via sayner-starlake-cloverland.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Infrastructure and access

  • Land area: 30.915 via www2.census.gov
  • Water area: 4.13 via www2.census.gov
  • Coords: 45.943053, -89.365174 via www2.census.gov
  • Highways: county roads; STH 155 nearby unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Airport: Rhinelander-Oneida County Regional (commercial); Eagle River Union (GA) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Nearest hub: Eagle River (nearest); Minocqua; Rhinelander unverified via cms9files.revize.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Broadband: None unverified via townofcloverland.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

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