City in Ashland County
Mellen
- Population
- 698
- County
- Ashland County
- Location
- 46.324, -90.660
Mellen is a small incorporated city in Ashland County, in far northern Wisconsin, sitting on the Bad River at the junction of State Highways 13 and 77, about 24 miles south of the county seat of Ashland. It was incorporated in 1907, had a 2020 Census population of 698, and calls itself the gateway to the Penokee Range and the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Its defining asset is Copper Falls State Park just to the north, where the Bad River and Tyler Forks cut a deep gorge of waterfalls, and its identity is Northwoods recreation (a designated Trail City for ATV and snowmobile use) anchored by a restored 1896 City Hall on the National Register of Historic Places. The city runs a mayor-and-council government, children attend the School District of Mellen (the Granite Diggers), and the economy leans on public institutions, small local business, and tourism.
What the records show
- Population: 698 (2020 census), 667 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 1.883 sq mi land, 0. sq mi water, at 46.323977, -90.660454 via www2.census.gov
- Ashland County holds 88 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Loon Lake, Murphy Lake, Beaver Lake, Meder Lake, Snowshoe Lake, Dollar Lake, Lake Galilee, Long Lake, Eureka Lake, Twin Lakes, Caroline Lake via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: City of Mellen via www2.census.gov
- Type: incorporated city via www2.census.gov
- Incorporated: 1907 via legis.wisconsin.gov
- County: Ashland County via legis.wisconsin.gov
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