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Community in Bayfield County

Herbster

County
Bayfield County

Herbster is a small unincorporated community (census-designated place) on the south shore of Lake Superior in the Town of Clover, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, where the Cranberry River meets the lake along Wisconsin Highway 13 between Port Wing and Cornucopia. Its 2020 census population was 130 (the surrounding Town of Clover counted 261), and it runs under a Wisconsin town-board form of government seated at the Town Hall in Herbster. The economy is small-scale and tourism-driven, anchored by a town campground with beachside tent sites, a mile-long Lake Superior beach, a boat launch, and Cranberry River trout fishing. Public education is provided by the South Shore School District in Port Wing.

The record

3 records name Herbster

What the records show

35 of 45 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

Population and demographics

  • 2020 cdp: 130 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • 2020 town: 261 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Acs estimate: unknown unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Median income: unknown unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Median age: unknown unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Seasonal swing: unknown unverified via herbsterwisconsin.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

Institutions and anchors

  • Postoffice: Herbster Post Office (ZIP 54844) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Clinic library flag: none in-town unverified via herbsterwisconsin.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

  • Downtown: Highway 13 lakeshore crossroads inferred via en.wikipedia.org Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Chamber flag: no standalone chamber unverified via herbsterwisconsin.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

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Seasonal: summer-peaking; spring/fall trout runs inferred via herbsterwisconsin.com Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
  • Flag: unknown (event calendar) unverified via herbsterwisconsin.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: WIS 13, Lenawee Rd / FR 262 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Position: 7 mi E of Port Wing, 8 mi W of Cornucopia secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport hub: Ashland (hub, E); DLH nearest commercial airport unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Broadband: unknown unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

In memory, from Herbster

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