Town in Bayfield County
Town of Namakagon
- Population
- 316
- County
- Bayfield County
- Location
- 46.178, -91.057
Namakagon is an incorporated town in Bayfield County, in far northern Wisconsin, wrapped around its namesake Lake Namakagon and set inside the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest near Cable. Its 2020 Census population was 316 (Wisconsin DOA's January 1, 2025 estimate is 320), up from 246 in 2010, with an effective population that swells seasonally around lake resorts and second homes. It is governed by an elected town board (chair Robert L. Rasmussen, clerk Laura Bjork) with a town hall on County Highway M in Cable, and its children attend the Drummond Area School District. The town's economy and identity are built on four-season Northwoods recreation: trophy-musky fishing on Lake Namakagon, CAMBA mountain-bike trails, and the American Birkebeiner ski trail country, anchored by long-running resorts such as Lakewoods and Garmisch USA.
What the records show
- Population: 316 (2020 census), 320 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 65.11 sq mi land, 7.04 sq mi water, at 46.177796, -91.057222 via www2.census.gov
- Bayfield County holds 337 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: McCloud Lake, Namekagon Lake, Ghost Lake, Garden Lake, Patsy Lake, Tank Lake, Little Bass Lake, Dells Lake, Lake Five, Chippewa Lake, Spring Lake, Rock Lake, Hidden Lake, Muskie Springs Lake and 11 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Town of Namakagon via www2.census.gov
- Type: incorporated town (active government) via www2.census.gov
- County: Bayfield County via bayfieldcounty.wi.gov
- Coords: 46.177796, -91.057222 via www2.census.gov
Local government
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