City in Sawyer County
Hayward
- Population
- 2,533
- County
- Sawyer County
- Location
- 46.007, -91.490
Hayward is an incorporated city and the county seat of Sawyer County in northwestern Wisconsin, with a 2020 Census population of 2,533 across about 3.17 square miles of land on the Namekagon River. Founded on the 19th-century lumber trade (named for Eau Claire lumberman Anthony Judson Hayward), it runs a mayor-council government under Mayor Gary Gillis and today anchors a Northwoods economy built on outdoor-recreation tourism, healthcare, education, and county government. Hayward is nationally known as a fishing and winter-sports destination: it is home to the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame and its giant fiberglass muskie, the finish town of the American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race, and the host of the Lumberjack World Championships and the annual Musky Festival. Key anchors include the Hayward Community School District, the Sherman and Ruth Weiss Community Library, Marshfield Clinic Health System's Hayward presence, and the Sawyer County Record as the local paper of record.
What the records show
- Population: 2533 (2020 census), 2552 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 3.725 sq mi land, 0.235 sq mi water, at 46.006588, -91.489684 via www2.census.gov
- Sawyer County holds 247 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Hayward Flowage 94, Shues Pond, Hayward Lake, Indian School Lake, Little Spring Lake, Little Round Lake, Mud Lake, Smith Lake via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: City of Hayward via cityofhaywardwi.gov
- Type: city via cityofhaywardwi.gov
- County: Sawyer County (county seat) via cityofhaywardwi.gov
- Coordinates: 46.01 N, 91.48 W via en.wikipedia.org
Local government
In memory, from Hayward
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