Village in Sawyer County
Couderay
- Population
- 81
- County
- Sawyer County
- Location
- 45.797, -91.297
Couderay is a very small incorporated village in Sawyer County, in northwestern Wisconsin, sitting along the Couderay River near the junction of Wisconsin Highways 27 and 70, about 24 miles east of the county seat of Hayward. It grew as a railroad mill town after a sawmill was built in 1902 and the rail line arrived in 1903, then repositioned around Northwoods recreation after the mills closed and the rail line was abandoned in 1965 and converted to the 74-mile Tuscobia State Trail, which runs through the village. Its 2020 Census population was reported at 81, and it is governed by an elected Village Board (President Gene Goin, Clerk/Treasurer Debra Dienger-Loew) that meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. Children attend the School District of Winter, and the area's best-known landmark is 'The Hideout,' the former Al Capone Northwoods estate a few miles north, now held by the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe tribe.
What the records show
- Population: 81 (2020 census), 80 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 0.969 sq mi land, 0.023 sq mi water, at 45.797438, -91.296704 via www2.census.gov
- Sawyer County holds 247 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Eddy Creek Pond, Lost Lake via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Village of Couderay via sawyercounty.gov
- Type: incorporated village via www2.census.gov
- County: Sawyer County via www2.census.gov
- Coords: 45.797438, -91.296704 via www2.census.gov
Local government
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