The Greater Northwoods

Town in Oneida County

Crescent

Population
1,984
County
Oneida County
Location
45.603, -89.483

The Town of Crescent is a civil town (unincorporated minor civil division) in Oneida County, Wisconsin, a roughly six-mile by six-mile survey town of 36 sections in the south-central part of the county that lies west of and partially surrounds the City of Rhinelander. Its 2020 Census population was 1,984 and Wisconsin's official January 1, 2025 estimate is 1,981, essentially flat. It is a lake- and forest-rich, tourism- and residential-oriented town (about 69 percent woodland, with a high share of seasonal homes) governed by an elected town board (Chair Grady Hartman plus two supervisors) and served entirely by the School District of Rhinelander. Population, land area, and coordinates bind to primary state (DOA) and Census Gazetteer sources; officials bind to the town's own site; geography, schools, economy, recreation, and infrastructure bind to the town's officially adopted 2024 Comprehensive Plan. ACS income and age figures are flagged where only the Census Reporter mirror was reachable.

The record

42 records name Crescent

  • 34 news
  • 8 obituaries

Showing the 40 most recent of 42. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

47 of 52 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 1984 (2020 census), 1981 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 28.709 sq mi land, 3.492 sq mi water, at 45.602504, -89.482538 via www2.census.gov
  • Oneida County holds 441 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: Loon Lake, Alice Lake, Heal Lake, Lily Lake, Emma Lake, Green Bass Lake, Spruce Lake, Cook Lake, Hoist Lake, Round Lake, Crescent Lake, Prune Lake, Hat Rapids Flowage, Hat Rapids Flowage 1143 and 15 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

Institutions and anchors

  • Hospital: Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital; Marshfield Clinic via ncwrpc.org
  • Library: Rhinelander District Library via ncwrpc.org
  • Fire ems: Crescent Volunteer Fire Department (est. 1971) via ncwrpc.org
  • Worship: Crescent Lake Bible Camp via ncwrpc.org
  • Post office: Rhinelander post office (54501) unverified via ncwrpc.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce secondary source via rhinelanderchamber.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Identity: no separate downtown (US 8 corridor) inferred via ncwrpc.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.

Media

  • Rivernews: The Northwoods River News secondary source via rivernewsonline.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Starjournal: Northwoods Star Journal secondary source via starjournalnow.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Wxpr: WXPR secondary source via wxpr.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Recreation and natural assets

Events and seasonal rhythm

Infrastructure and access

Local government

In memory, from Crescent

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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