Town in Vilas County
Town of Washington
- Population
- 1,587
- County
- Vilas County
- Location
- 45.942, -89.136
Washington is an unincorporated civil town in the southeastern corner of Vilas County in Wisconsin's Greater Northwoods, established in 1914 and governed by a three-member town board (a chairperson plus two supervisors). Its 2020 Census population was 1,587 and the Wisconsin Department of Administration's official January 1, 2025 estimate is 1,612. It wraps the rural ring just outside the City of Eagle River, holds eight lakes of the Eagle River Chain of Lakes and 9,329 acres of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, and sends its students to the Northland Pines School District in Eagle River.
What the records show
- Population: 1587 (2020 census), 1612 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 41.178 sq mi land, 6.29 sq mi water, at 45.942199, -89.135963 via www2.census.gov
- Vilas County holds 570 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Carpenter Lake, Beatrice Lake, Bass Lake, 72 Reservoir (historical), Tambling Lake, Tinsel Lake, Scattering Rice Lake, Harmony Lake, Finger Lake, Deerskin Lake, Cranberry Lake, Anvil Lake, Spirit Lake, Lower Ninemile Lake and 3 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: Town of Washington via doa.wi.gov
- County: Vilas County via doa.wi.gov
- Type: town (civil town) via doa.wi.gov
- Established: 1914 via ncwrpc.org
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