Town in Vilas County
Town of Plum Lake
- Population
- 553
- County
- Vilas County
- Location
- 46.050, -89.501
Plum Lake is a civil town in Vilas County, Wisconsin, created in 1911 and encompassing the communities of Sayner and Star Lake. It is a small, tourism-and-second-home Northwoods community set largely within Vilas County Forest and the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest, and it markets itself as the birthplace of the snowmobile (Carl Eliason built his first motor toboggan in Sayner in 1924). Its 2020 census population was 566. Governance is by a three-member elected town board with a part-time clerk and treasurer, children attend the Northland Pines School District in Eagle River, and the economy runs on lake tourism, resorts, and the Vilas County Historical Museum.
What the records show
- Population: 553 (2020 census), 571 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 86.444 sq mi land, 11.755 sq mi water, at 46.049848, -89.501254 via www2.census.gov
- Vilas County holds 570 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Lone Tree Lake, Ballard Lake, Little Star Lake, White Birch Lake, Irving Lake, Bobs Lake, Star Lake, Partridge Lake, Razorback Lake, Lake Salsich, Frank Lake, Lake Alva, Aurora Lake, Lake Laura and 20 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- 2020 census: 566 via plumlakewi.gov
- Form: Town board (chair + 2 supervisors), part-time clerk, part-time treasurer via plumlakewi.gov
- Chair: Jackey Postuchow via plumlakewi.gov
- Supervisors: Kevin Rasmussen; Jona Eliason via plumlakewi.gov
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