Town in Vilas County
Town of Cloverland
- Population
- 1,068
- County
- Vilas County
- Location
- 45.943, -89.365
Cloverland is a rural Wisconsin town (civil township) in southern Vilas County in the Greater Northwoods, covering about 30.9 square miles of land studded with lakes inside and around the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest. The U.S. Census counted 1,068 residents in 2020, and the Wisconsin Department of Administration estimates 1,072 as of January 1, 2025. It is governed by an elected town board (Chairperson Steve Favorite) with a combined clerk/treasurer, sends its students to the Northland Pines School District, and is marketed with neighboring Plum Lake as the Sayner-Star Lake-Cloverland area, a four-season lake-tourism and snowmobiling community.
The record
10 records name Town of Cloverland
- ERCLA celebrates a quarter-century dedicated to Chain of Lakes management News August 6, 2026 via vcnewsreview.com
- Area fire department eyes possible change to operations, funding News August 5, 2026 via vcnewsreview.com
- Trial set in Vilas County killing News April 8, 2026 via wxpr.org
- Fire destroys a Vilas County home News December 4, 2025 via wxpr.org
- St. Germain, Cloverland sign MOU for River Trail News November 7, 2025 via lakelandtimes.com paywalled
- Cloverland commits to ‘biggest ever’ culvert project News August 22, 2025 via lakelandtimes.com paywalled
- Suspect arrested in a Vilas County killing News March 24, 2025 via wxpr.org
- Two die in Cloverland snowmobile crash News February 6, 2023 via lakelandtimes.com paywalled
- Local snowmobile clubs and law enforcement urge riders to sled safely following deadly week on the trails News February 3, 2023 via wxpr.org
- Residents rally against closing Ojibway facility News August 25, 2018 via yourdailyglobe.com paywalled
What the records show
40 of 54 independently verified
Authoritative data
- Population: 1068 (2020 census), 1072 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
- Area: 30.915 sq mi land, 4.13 sq mi water, at 45.943053, -89.365174 via www2.census.gov
- Vilas County holds 570 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Named lakes nearest this town: Snipe Lake, Muskellunge Lake, Nelson Lake, Bullfrog Lake, Honeysuckle Lake, Ewald Lake, Rice Lake, Sunset Lake, Aspen Lake, Lotus Lake, Andrew Lake, Lake Mary, Frost Lake, Chickaree Lake and 24 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
Overview
- Name: Town of Cloverland via townofcloverland.wi.gov
- County: Vilas County, Wisconsin via cms9files.revize.com
- Inctype: town (civil township) via doa.wi.gov
- Fips: 5512515850 via www2.census.gov
- Created: 1921 via cms9files.revize.com
Population and demographics
- Census 2020: 1068 via doa.wi.gov
- Est 2025: 1072 via doa.wi.gov
- Est 2024: 1070 via doa.wi.gov
- Census 2000: 919 via doa.wi.gov
- Acs pop: 1179 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
- Mhi: 62917 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
- Median age: 56.3 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
- Seasonal swing: None unverified via vilaswi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Government and civic
- Form: town board (chair + supervisors) via cms9files.revize.com
- Chair: Steve Favorite via cms9files.revize.com
- Supervisors: Michael Gough; Joe Spitz; E. Francine Gough; Millie Ritzer via cms9files.revize.com
- Clerk: Tracy Schilling via cms9files.revize.com
- Assessor: Hoffman Appraisals via cms9files.revize.com
- Townhall: 5860 Perch Lake Road; PO Box 1565, Eagle River, WI 54521 via townofcloverland.wi.gov
- Website: www.townofcloverland.wi.gov via townofcloverland.wi.gov
- Notices: town .gov 'Agendas & Minutes'; official paper Vilas County News-Review secondary source via townofcloverland.wi.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Admin: no separate administrator (clerk/treasurer combined) unverified via cms9files.revize.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
- Meeting schedule: None unverified via townofcloverland.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Schools
- District: Northland Pines School District via npsd.k12.wi.us
- Enrollment: 1342 via nces.ed.gov
- Size: 474 via npsd.k12.wi.us
- Site: www.npsd.k12.wi.us via npsd.k12.wi.us
Economy and employers
- Industry: tourism, second-home, outdoor recreation secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Employers: None unverified via vilaswi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Institutions and anchors
- Library: Plum Lake Public Library, Sayner via plumlakewi.gov
- Postoffice: Sayner Post Office (54560) secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Museum: Vilas County Historical Museum, Sayner secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Hospital: Eagle River (nearest hospital) unverified via vilaswi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Business and commerce
- Chamber: Sayner-Star Lake Chamber of Commerce via townofcloverland.wi.gov
- Downtown: no in-town downtown; Sayner/Eagle River unverified via townofcloverland.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Media
- Vcnewsreview: Vilas County News-Review secondary source via vcnewsreview.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Lakeland: The Lakeland Times secondary source via lakelandtimes.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
Recreation and natural assets
- Nhal: Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest via dnr.wisconsin.gov
- Lakes: Razorback Lake; Muskellunge Lake; Perch Lake secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Snowmobile: ~80 miles (club); 700+ miles (county) secondary source via sayner-starlake-cloverland.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Knownfor: lakes, fishing, snowmobiling, forest recreation secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
Events and seasonal rhythm
- Seasonal: summer lake tourism + winter snowmobiling secondary source via vilaswi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
- Signature: None unverified via sayner-starlake-cloverland.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Infrastructure and access
- Land area: 30.915 via www2.census.gov
- Water area: 4.13 via www2.census.gov
- Coords: 45.943053, -89.365174 via www2.census.gov
- Highways: county roads; STH 155 nearby unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
- Airport: Rhinelander-Oneida County Regional (commercial); Eagle River Union (GA) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
- Nearest hub: Eagle River (nearest); Minocqua; Rhinelander unverified via cms9files.revize.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
- Broadband: None unverified via townofcloverland.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
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