Village in Sawyer County
Exeland
- Population
- 229
- County
- Sawyer County
- Location
- 45.667, -91.241
Exeland is a small incorporated village in the southwestern corner of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, on State Highway 48. It was incorporated in 1920 and took its name from the 'X' that formed where the Arpin Lumber Company's logging railroad crossed the Wisconsin Central line; the 2020 Census population was 229. The village is governed by an elected Village Board (President Susan Kopras) that meets the second Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m., and children attend the Bruce School District, whose students the district says live primarily in the Bruce and Exeland areas of Rusk and Sawyer counties. Its identity is small-town trout-country: the Exeland Trout Festival, hosted by the Exeland Rod and Gun Club over Labor Day weekend with the Joe Trcka Street Parade, is the signature annual event, and everyday commerce runs through a handful of local businesses such as the Exeland Depot, the Buckhorn Bar and Motel, and the Frontier Saloon and Grill.
What the records show
- Population: 229 (2020 census), 225 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 1.201 sq mi land, 0.022 sq mi water, at 45.667431, -91.241478 via www2.census.gov
- Sawyer County holds 247 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Balsam Lake, Jacques Lake, Windfall Lake via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Village of Exeland via villageofexeland.gov
- Type: incorporated village via www2.census.gov
- County: Sawyer County via sawyercounty.gov
- Coords: 45.667431, -91.241478 via www2.census.gov
Local government
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