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.
What the records show
- Population: 2051 (2020 census), 2006 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 3.911 sq mi land, 0.003 sq mi water, at 46.676651, -90.901287 via www2.census.gov
- Bayfield County holds 337 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: City of Washburn via bayfieldcounty.wi.gov
- County: Bayfield County via en.wikipedia.org
- Incorporation: chartered 1904 via en.wikipedia.org
- Coordinates: 46.676651 N, 90.901287 W via www2.census.gov
- Land area: 3.911 via www2.census.gov
Local government
In memory, from Washburn
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