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Town in Bayfield County

Town of Drummond

Population
544
County
Bayfield County
Location
46.326, -91.300

Drummond is a town in southern Bayfield County in northwest Wisconsin, set inside the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest along U.S. Highway 63 between Cable and the county forest lands. It is an active Wisconsin town (governed by an elected town board of a chair and two supervisors) covering about 137 square miles of land, with an unincorporated village center organized by the Census Bureau as the Drummond CDP. Its identity is built almost entirely on Northwoods outdoor recreation: it is the trailhead community for the Rainbow Lake Wilderness, Drummond Woods old-growth forest, Lake Owen, the North Country National Scenic Trail, and the CAMBA mountain-bike network. Children attend the small Drummond Area School District (Lumberjacks), and the town supports a public library, historical museum, and visitor center. Its 2020 Census population was 544 (Wisconsin DOA estimates 543 as of January 1, 2025).

The record

79 records name Town of Drummond

  • 76 news
  • 1 obituaries
  • 1 notices
  • 1 opinion

Showing the 40 most recent of 79. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

45 of 49 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 544 (2020 census), 543 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 137.286 sq mi land, 5.816 sq mi water, at 46.326003, -91.299624 via www2.census.gov
  • Bayfield County holds 337 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: Mill Pond Lake, Mill Pond Lake 45, Flynn Lake, Drummond Lake, Jorgenson Lake, Egg Lake, Drummond Lake 50, Grass Lake, Stewart Lake, Pigeon Lake, Balsam Pond, Armstrong Lake, Cisco Lake 0.41, Lake Horseshoe and 26 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Overview

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Industry: recreation-tourism, forestry, public sector secondary source via drummondwi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Tourism: Cable Area Chamber (Cable, Drummond, Grand View, Namakagon) secondary source via cable4fun.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Institutions and anchors

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Cable Area Chamber of Commerce (Cable) secondary source via cable4fun.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Downtown: US 63 / Superior Street village center secondary source via drummondwi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Media

Recreation and natural assets

  • Rainbow wilderness: Rainbow Lake Wilderness (~6,600 acres, designated 1975) secondary source via wilderness.net Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Lake owen: Lake Owen (1,250 acres, 95 ft deep) via apps.dnr.wi.gov
  • North country trail: North Country National Scenic Trail secondary source via drummondwi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Drummond woods: Drummond Woods (old-growth forest) secondary source via drummondwi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Camba: CAMBA mountain-bike, ski, snowmobile, ATV trails secondary source via drummondwi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Activities: boating, fishing, hunting, camping, biking, hiking, ATV, snowmobiling, skiing, snowshoeing via drummondwi.com

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Barstool races: Annual Barstool Races secondary source via drummondwi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Seasonal: four-season recreation rhythm secondary source via drummondwi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: U.S. Highway 63 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport: nearest commercial: Duluth or Rhinelander (unconfirmed) unverified via drummondwi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Hub: Cable (adjacent), Hayward and Ashland (nearest hubs, unconfirmed distance) unverified via drummondwi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

Every figure here traces to a primary public record, linked at the fact. We gather and cite; we do not author. See something off? Tell us.

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