Village in Bayfield County
Mason
- Population
- 101
- County
- Bayfield County
- Location
- 46.436, -91.060
Mason is a small community in southern Bayfield County, in far northern Wisconsin, on U.S. Highway 63 where the railroad once crossed the White River, about 17 miles southwest of Ashland. It exists as two overlapping units: the incorporated Village of Mason (2020 Census population 101, incorporated in 1925) and the surrounding Town of Mason (2020 Census population 289), both governed locally and both listed on the Bayfield County government site. The village grew around John A. Humbird's White River Lumber Company mill (closed 1914) and its name honors Freemasonry. Children attend the Drummond Area School District, and the community's defining natural asset is the White River and the 9,613-acre Bibon Swamp State Natural Area, the largest wetland in Bayfield County, just west of town.
What the records show
- Population: 101 (2020 census), 99 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 0.769 sq mi land, 0. sq mi water, at 46.436319, -91.05984 via www2.census.gov
- Bayfield County holds 337 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Village of Mason via www2.census.gov
- Type: incorporated village via www2.census.gov
- Incorporated: 1925 via legis.wisconsin.gov
- County: Bayfield County via legis.wisconsin.gov
- Coords: 46.436319, -91.05984 via www2.census.gov
Local government
In memory, from Mason
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