The Greater Northwoods

City in Bayfield County

Washburn

Population
2,051
County
Bayfield County
Location
46.677, -90.901

The City of Washburn is the county seat and largest incorporated community of Bayfield County, Wisconsin, sitting on Lake Superior's Chequamegon Bay along the Bayfield Peninsula in the Greater Northwoods. Chartered as a city in 1904, it grew on logging, brownstone quarrying, and a DuPont explosives plant, and now identifies as the 'Little Town on the Big Lake' anchored by county government, the School District of Washburn, tourism, and its Lake Superior lakefront. Its 2020 census population was 2,051 (down from 2,117 in 2010), and its economy blends government, education, healthcare, and four-season Lake Superior recreation. Government runs through a mayor (Mary Motiff) and a city council, with the annual Brownstone Days festival the signature summer event.

The record

426 records name Washburn

  • 206 news
  • 110 events
  • 91 government
  • 9 opinion
  • 8 obituaries
  • 2 notices

Showing the 40 most recent of 426. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

40 of 43 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

Population and demographics

  • 2020: 2051 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Acs estimate: 1884 secondary source via api.censusreporter.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Median income: 62128 secondary source via api.censusreporter.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Per capita income: 39483 secondary source via api.censusreporter.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Median age: 51.7 secondary source via api.censusreporter.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Seasonal swing: unknown unverified via washburnchamber.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Anchors: county government, school district, healthcare via bayfieldcounty.wi.gov
  • History: logging, tourism, DuPont plant secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Employers private: unavailable (ranked list) unverified via washburnchamber.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Institutions and anchors

Business and commerce

Media

Recreation and natural assets

  • Lakefront: Chequamegon Bay lakefront via cityofwashburnwi.gov
  • Forest: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest / Apostle Islands secondary source via washburnchamber.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Brownstone: Brownstone Days secondary source via washburnchamber.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: WIS 13, CTH C secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport: ASX (Ashland), ~12 miles secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Nearest hub: Ashland ~12 miles secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Broadband: unknown unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

In memory, from Washburn

All obituaries

Every figure here traces to a primary public record, linked at the fact. We gather and cite; we do not author. See something off? Tell us.

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