The Greater Northwoods

Town in Bayfield County

Town of Iron River

Population
1,240
County
Bayfield County
Location
46.546, -91.364

The Town of Iron River is an unincorporated town in southwestern Bayfield County, Wisconsin, straddling U.S. Highway 2 in the Chequamegon National Forest country of the Greater Northwoods. Its 2020 census population was 1,240 (up from 1,123 in 2010), and the surrounding unincorporated village of Iron River serves as the commercial hub for a four-season outdoor-recreation economy built on 96 lakes, trout streams, ATV and hiking trails, the Iron River National Fish Hatchery, and White Winter Winery. The town is governed by an elected town board (chairperson Richard Forsythe) with a clerk-treasurer, is served by the School District of Maple, and centers its civic life on the Evelyn Goldberg Briggs Memorial Library and the Iron River Lions Blueberry Festival, held the fourth weekend of July.

The record

58 records name Town of Iron River

  • 25 news
  • 24 obituaries
  • 4 events
  • 2 notices
  • 2 government
  • 1 opinion

Showing the 40 most recent of 58. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

41 of 47 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 1240 (2020 census), 1224 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 32.08 sq mi land, 3.425 sq mi water, at 46.545791, -91.364349 via www2.census.gov
  • Bayfield County holds 337 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: Pine Lake, Pike Lake, Peterson Lake, Lost Lake, Perch Lake, Lake Millicent, Buskey Bay, Half Moon Lake, Angus Lake, Cat Lake, Hart Lake, Mullenhoff Lake, Hicks Lake, McCarry Lake and 33 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Overview

  • Name: Town of Iron River via bayfieldcounty.wi.gov
  • County: Bayfield County secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Status: town (unincorporated) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Coordinates: 46.5503 N, 91.3839 W secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Land area: 31.5 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Elevation: 1207 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Population and demographics

  • 2020: 1240 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Acs estimate: 1294 secondary source via censusreporter.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Median income: 57685 secondary source via censusreporter.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Per capita income: 45697 secondary source via censusreporter.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Median age: 57.3 secondary source via censusreporter.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Seasonal swing: unknown unverified via visitironriver.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

  • Library: Evelyn Goldberg Briggs Memorial Library via ironriverlibrary.org
  • Hatchery: Iron River National Fish Hatchery via fws.gov
  • Postoffice: Iron River Post Office (ZIP 54847) secondary source via bayfieldcounty.wi.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Clinic: unknown (in-town clinic) unverified via visitironriver.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

Media

Recreation and natural assets

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Blueberry: Iron River Lions Blueberry Festival secondary source via travelwisconsin.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Other: Run Iron River; White Winter anniversary via visitironriver.com

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: US 2; CTH A, H secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Nearest hub: Ashland ~27 miles east secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport: Duluth International (DLH), ~42-49 miles 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

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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