Community in Iron County
Mercer
- County
- Iron County
Mercer is an unincorporated community in the Town of Mercer, southern Iron County, in far-northern Wisconsin, branded the 'Loon Capital of the World.' The Census-designated place (Mercer CDP) covers about 4.45 square miles with an internal point at 46.16N, -90.04W, while the surrounding Town of Mercer spans about 168 square miles of land and counted 1,649 residents in the 2020 Census. The economy is overwhelmingly tourism and recreation, anchored by the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage and more than 200 inland lakes, with a heavy seasonal population swing; the single-site Mercer School District enrolled 92 students in 2024-2025. Iron County has no hospital, and Mercer lost its Marshfield clinic in January 2024, so residents travel to Minocqua or Ironwood for hospital care.
What the records show
- Iron County holds 493 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Town of Mercer via townofmercer.com
- Cdp: census-designated place via www2.census.gov
- County: Iron County, Wisconsin via co.iron.wi.gov
- Fips cdp: 5551175 via www2.census.gov
- Organized: 1909-02-26 via townofmercer.com
- Town 2020: 1649 via townofmercer.com
- Town 2000: 1732 via townofmercer.com
Local government
In memory, from Mercer
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