Community in Vilas County
Sayner
- Population
- 231
- County
- Vilas County
Sayner is an unincorporated census-designated place in the Town of Plum Lake, Vilas County, Wisconsin, sitting at the intersection of State Highway 155 and County N about 15 miles northwest of Eagle River. It is best known as the birthplace of the snowmobile: Carl Eliason built his first motor toboggan in a garage behind his Sayner general store in 1924 and patented it in 1927, and the original machine is on display at the Vilas Historical Museum in town. The CDP recorded a 2020 census population of 231, and it functions as a small lake-tourism and second-home community governed as part of the Town of Plum Lake, with children attending the Northland Pines School District in Eagle River.
What the records show
- Vilas County holds 570 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- 2020 census: 231 via en.wikipedia.org
- Form: governed by Town of Plum Lake (board + clerk + treasurer) via plumlakewi.gov
- Chair: Jackey Postuchow via plumlakewi.gov
- Supervisors: Kevin Rasmussen; Jona Eliason via plumlakewi.gov
- Clerk: Teresa Arnold via plumlakewi.gov
- Treasurer: Bob Klager via plumlakewi.gov
- Office address: 2821 Hwy 155, Sayner; PO Box 280, Sayner, WI 54560; (715) 542-4531 via plumlakewi.gov
In memory, from Sayner
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