City in Vilas County
City of Eagle River
- Population
- 1,628
- County
- Vilas County
- Location
- 45.925, -89.258
Eagle River is an incorporated city and the county seat of Vilas County in Wisconsin's Northwoods, with a 2020 Census population of 1,628 across roughly 3.03 square miles of land. It runs a mayor-council government (Mayor Debra A. Brown; council of four aldermanic districts and five wards) and anchors a tourism-driven economy built on the Eagle River Chain of 28 connected lakes, marketing itself as the Snowmobile Capital of the World. Key anchors include Aspirus Eagle River Hospital, the Northland Pines School District, the Walter E. Olson Memorial Library, and the Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce, with the Vilas County News-Review as the local paper of record.
What the records show
- Population: 1628 (2020 census), 1685 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 3.256 sq mi land, 0.169 sq mi water, at 45.924695, -89.257779 via www2.census.gov
- Vilas County holds 570 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Silver Lake, Yellow Birch Lake, Duck Lake, Watersmeet Lake, Little Pine Lake, Lynx Lake, Otter Lake, Eagle Lake, Scat Lake, Seneca Lake, Adams Lake, Watersmeet Lake 533, Croker Lake, Lake of the Hills and 1 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: City of Eagle River via eagleriverwi.gov
- Type: city via en.wikipedia.org
- County: Vilas County (county seat) via vilascountywi.gov
- Coordinates: 45.92000 N, 89.25028 W via data.census.gov
Local government
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