The Greater Northwoods

Town in Oneida County

Lake Tomahawk

Population
1,155
County
Oneida County
Location
45.774, -89.602

The Town of Lake Tomahawk is a civil town in Oneida County in Wisconsin's Northwoods, on the Minocqua Chain of Lakes southeast of Minocqua and Woodruff. Its 2020 Census population was 1,155 and Wisconsin's official January 1, 2025 estimate is 1,159. It is a small, lake- and forest-rich, tourism-oriented community governed by an elected three-member town board (Chairman George DeMet), served for K-8 by the Minocqua J1 (MHLT) School District, and best known as the self-styled Home of Snowshoe Baseball. Population, geography, officials, meeting schedule, notices, and the school district here bind to primary state (DOA), Census Gazetteer, the town's own official site, and the district's own site; ACS income and age figures and lake acreages remain flagged where only secondary sources were reachable.

The record

283 records name Lake Tomahawk

  • 242 news
  • 41 obituaries

Showing the 40 most recent of 283. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

43 of 51 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 1155 (2020 census), 1159 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 34.04 sq mi land, 5.399 sq mi water, at 45.773731, -89.602427 via www2.census.gov
  • Oneida County holds 441 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: South Two Lakes, North Two Lakes, Hawk Lake, Horsehead Lake, Wind Pudding Lake, Big Carr Lake, Camp Twenty-one Lake, Wind Pudding Lake, McNaughton Lake, Island Lake, Little Carr Lake, Beaver Lake, Little Tomahawk Lake, McGrath Lake and 28 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

  • District: Minocqua J1 (MHLT) School District (~580 students, 4K-8) via mhlt.org
  • Highschool: Lakeland Union High School (Minocqua) secondary source via luhs.k12.wi.us Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Site: https://www.mhlt.org/ via mhlt.org

Economy and employers

  • Employer hospital: Howard Young Medical Center (Woodruff) via locations.aspirus.org
  • Tourism: tourism / lakes recreation / seasonal residential unverified via laketomahawkwi.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Mainstreet: Main Street core (retail concentrated in Minocqua/Woodruff) unverified via laketomahawkwi.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Institutions and anchors

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Minocqua Area Chamber of Commerce secondary source via minocqua.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Identity: Home of Snowshoe Baseball (small lake-town Main Street) via laketomahawkwi.org

Media

  • Lakelandtimes: The Lakeland Times secondary source via lakelandtimes.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

  • Snowshoe: Snowshoe Baseball (Snowhawks at Snowshoe Park) via laketomahawkwi.org
  • Trail: Bearskin State Trail; town walking/biking trail; Boat Landing Park secondary source via laketomahawkwi.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Known for: lakes, Northwoods sports, Snowshoe Baseball via laketomahawkwi.org
  • Lake: Lake Tomahawk (~3,462 acres) unverified via oneidacountywi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Events and seasonal rhythm

Infrastructure and access

  • Airport: Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (RHI); Lakeland Airport (ARV) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Hub distance: Woodruff/Minocqua (~8-10 mi W); Rhinelander (~20 mi SE) secondary source via laketomahawkwi.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Highways: CTH D; CTH Y; US 51 (via Woodruff) unverified via laketomahawkwi.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 Lake Tomahawk

All obituaries

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