The Greater Northwoods

Community in Sawyer County

Stone Lake

County
Sawyer County

Stone Lake is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) on the eastern shore of Stone Lake in northwestern Wisconsin, straddling the Sawyer County / Washburn County line; the Sawyer County portion lies in the Town of Sand Lake. Its 2020 Census population was small (about 186), and the community has no municipal government of its own, so local governance runs through the town boards (the Town of Sand Lake meets the second Monday of each month). Stone Lake's identity is built on Northwoods lake recreation and its cranberry marshes, anchored by the Stone Lake Cranberry Festival held the first Saturday of October, which draws tens of thousands of visitors to a community of a few hundred residents. Children are served primarily by the Hayward Community School District, and everyday services (post office, chamber, shops, and restaurants) cluster in a compact downtown between the regional hubs of Spooner and Hayward.

The record

75 records name Stone Lake

  • 73 news
  • 2 events

Showing the 40 most recent of 75. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

37 of 37 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Industry: tourism/recreation + seasonal retail + cranberry marshes secondary source via washburncounty.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Cranberry: cranberry marshes via stonelakecranberryfestival.com
  • Tourism: tourism-dominant secondary source via washburncounty.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Institutions and anchors

  • Post office: U.S. Post Office, ZIP 54876 via tools.usps.com
  • Hospital: Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center (Hayward) secondary source via washburncounty.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Museum: Stone Lake Historical Museum secondary source via washburncounty.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce via stonelakewi.com
  • Downtown: casual dining, groceries, hardware, specialty shops secondary source via washburncounty.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Media

Recreation and natural assets

  • Stone lake: Stone Lake, 490 acres, 49 ft deep via apps.dnr.wi.gov
  • Other waters: Big Sissabagama Lake; Sand Lake secondary source via washburncounty.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Wetland park: Stone Lake Wetland Park; ATV trail system secondary source via washburncounty.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Known for: lakes, cranberry marshes, Northwoods recreation secondary source via washburncounty.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Events and seasonal rhythm

Infrastructure and access

  • Hub: between Spooner and Hayward secondary source via washburncounty.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport: Sawyer County Airport (HYR), near Hayward secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Local government

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