The Greater Northwoods

Town in Oneida County

Minocqua

Population
5,062
County
Oneida County
Location
45.825, -89.887

Minocqua is a civil town in northwestern Oneida County, Wisconsin, nicknamed 'The Island City' for its downtown set on a peninsula and island in Lake Minocqua. It is the largest municipality in Oneida County after the city of Rhinelander, with a 2020 Census count of 5,062 and a Wisconsin Department of Administration January 1, 2025 estimate of 5,051; the town reports a permanent population near 5,000 that grows many times over during the summer tourism season. Governed by a town chairman and a four-member board of supervisors, its economy is built on four-season outdoor recreation and tourism (more than 60 lakes, the Bearskin State Trail) plus regional healthcare anchored by Marshfield Medical Center-Minocqua. Signature events include the decades-old Beef-A-Rama on the last Saturday of September and the Min-Aqua Bats summer water-ski shows.

The record

1,752 records name Minocqua

  • 1,659 news
  • 57 obituaries
  • 17 events
  • 17 government
  • 1 notices
  • 1 opinion

Showing the 40 most recent of 1,752. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

39 of 46 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 5062 (2020 census), 5051 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 149.286 sq mi land, 18.925 sq mi water, at 45.82461, -89.886784 via www2.census.gov
  • Oneida County holds 441 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: Pine Lake, Meyer Lake, Smith Lake, Lake Marie, Bellmore Lake, Squirrel Lake, Franklin Lake, Baycat Lake, Diamond Lake, Scotchman Lake, Inkpot Lake, Torpy Lake, Great Bass Lake, Stone Lake and 19 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

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Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: USH 51; STH 70 via townofminocqua.org
  • Nearest hub: Minocqua is the local hub; Rhinelander to the south secondary source via oneidacountywi.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport: Lakeland Airport (KARV); Rhinelander-Oneida County (KRHI) unverified via townofminocqua.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Broadband: not verified unverified via townofminocqua.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

In memory, from Minocqua

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