The Greater Northwoods

Town in Oneida County

Hazelhurst

Population
1,299
County
Oneida County
Location
45.780, -89.746

The Town of Hazelhurst is a civil town (unincorporated minor civil division) in Oneida County in Wisconsin's Northwoods, strung along US Highway 51 just south of Minocqua and branded 'the quiet side of the Northwoods.' Its 2020 Census population was 1,299 and Wisconsin's official January 1, 2025 estimate is 1,317, on about 30.9 square miles of land amid lakes and the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest. It is a lake- and forest-based tourism and lake-home community, governed by an elected town board (Chairman Theodore Cushing), served by the Minocqua J1 (MHLT) elementary district and Lakeland Union High School, and known for the Bearskin State Trail, Katherine Lake, the Kaubashine lakes, and the Willow Flowage. Population, geography, officials, schools, and Katherine Lake facts bind to primary state (DOA), Census Gazetteer, the town's own published roster, school-district, and DNR sources; ACS income and age figures, several recreation and access details, and the seasonal swing remain flagged where only secondary sources were reachable.

The record

204 records name Hazelhurst

  • 191 news
  • 12 obituaries
  • 1 events

Showing the 40 most recent of 204. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

34 of 46 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 1299 (2020 census), 1317 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 30.893 sq mi land, 4.215 sq mi water, at 45.779801, -89.745684 via www2.census.gov
  • Oneida County holds 441 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: Round Lake, Dugout Lake, Upper Kaubashine Lake, Swartz Lake, Myrtle Lake, Yawkey Lake, Garth Lake, Lee Lake, Lake Seventeen, Alice Lake, Dollar Lake, Lower Kaubashine Lake, Katherine Lake, South Blue Lake and 17 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

  • Elementary: Minocqua J1 (MHLT) School District, 4K-8, ~580 students via mhlt.org
  • High: Lakeland Union High School (Hazelhurst is a member town) via luhs.k12.wi.us
  • Sites: luhs.k12.wi.us; mhlt.org via luhs.k12.wi.us
  • Luhs enrollment: ~718 unverified via luhs.k12.wi.us We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Economy and employers

  • Tourism: tourism / lakes recreation / lodging / residential unverified via oneidacountywi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

  • Identity: US Highway 51 corridor; 'The Quiet Side of the Northwoods' via hazelwi.net
  • Chamber: Minocqua area / Oneida County tourism (no standalone Hazelhurst chamber confirmed) unverified via oneidacountywi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Media

Recreation and natural assets

  • Bearskin trail: Bearskin State Trail via dnr.wisconsin.gov
  • Katherine lake: 524 via apps.dnr.wi.gov
  • Lakes waters: Kaubashine (Upper/Lower); Tomahawk Lake; Bearskin Lake; Willow Flowage secondary source via oneidacountywi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • State forest: Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest (adjacent) secondary source via oneidacountywi.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Known for: quiet lakes-and-woods vacation town via hazelwi.net

Events and seasonal rhythm

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: US Highway 51 via hazelwi.net
  • Airport: Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (RHI) unverified via oneidacountywi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Hub distance: adjacent to Minocqua; ~20-25 mi to Rhinelander unverified via oneidacountywi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

In memory, from Hazelhurst

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