City in Oneida County
Rhinelander
- Population
- 8,285
- County
- Oneida County
- Location
- 45.636, -89.426
Rhinelander is an incorporated city and the county seat of Oneida County in Wisconsin's Northwoods, with a 2020 Census population of 8,285 across about 8.42 square miles of land. It runs a mayor-council government (part-time Mayor Kristopher Hanus, an eight-member Common Council, City Administrator Patrick Reagan, and City Clerk Austyn Zarda) and anchors a regional economy built on specialty paper and packaging manufacturing, healthcare, county government, and Northwoods tourism. Rhinelander is best known as the home of the folkloric Hodag, hosts the Hodag Country Festival each July, and serves as the area's transportation hub via U.S. Route 8 and the Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, the only commercial airport in the immediate Northwoods. Key anchors include Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital, the School District of Rhinelander, the Rhinelander District Library, and the Northwoods River News as the county's paper of record.
What the records show
- Population: 8285 (2020 census), 8252 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 8.419 sq mi land, 0.253 sq mi water, at 45.636129, -89.425517 via www2.census.gov
- Oneida County holds 441 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Boom Lake, Hanson Lake, Boom Lake, Lake Julia, Timber Lake, Twin Lakes, Bass Lake, Townline Lake, Langley Lake, Hess Lake, Davis Lake, Faust Lake, Vicks Lake, Landberg Lake and 5 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: City of Rhinelander via rhinelanderwi.us
- Type: city via en.wikipedia.org
- County: Oneida County (county seat) via oneidacountywi.gov
- Coordinates: 45.63944 N, 89.41222 W via en.wikipedia.org
Local government
In memory, from Rhinelander
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