The Greater Northwoods

Town in Bayfield County

Town of Lincoln

Population
2,659
County
Bayfield County
Location
45.907, -89.247

The Town of Lincoln is a civil town (unincorporated minor civil division) in Vilas County in Wisconsin's Northwoods, wrapped around the city of Eagle River and served by that city's institutions. Its 2020 Census population was 2,659 and Wisconsin's official January 1, 2025 estimate is 2,687. It is a low-density, lake-rich, tourism-oriented community governed by an elected town chair and four supervisors with a combined clerk/treasurer, and its children attend the Northland Pines School District centered in Eagle River. Population and geography here are bound to primary state (DOA) and Census Gazetteer sources; income, median age, and several institution and recreation facts remain flagged where only secondary sources were reachable.

The record

Nothing we gather names Town of Lincoln yet. That is a gap in our coverage, not a statement about the town. When a source we watch reports on Town of Lincoln, it will appear here.

What the records show

34 of 45 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 2659 (2020 census), 2687 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 31.447 sq mi land, 4.936 sq mi water, at 45.90723, -89.246501 via www2.census.gov
  • Bayfield County holds 337 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: Loon Lake, Taylor Lake, Gordon Lake, Birch Lake, Mud Minnow Lake, Catfish Lake, Dollar Lake, Mikinaak Lake, Spring Lake, Indian Lake, Voyageur Lake, Olson Lake, Lake Seventeen, Meta Lake and 2 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Population and demographics

  • 2020: 2659 via doa.wi.gov
  • Est 2025: 2687 via doa.wi.gov
  • Votingage 2020: 2194 via doa.wi.gov
  • Acs 2024: 2738 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Median income: 77500 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Per capita income: 45981 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Median age: 53.7 unverified via censusreporter.org 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

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce via eagleriver.org
  • Identity: no separate downtown (Eagle River is the commercial core) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Media

Recreation and natural assets

  • Forest: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (region) via vilaswi.com
  • Known for: lakes, fishing, snowmobiling unverified via en.wikipedia.org 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

  • Highways: US 45; WIS 70 via en.wikipedia.org
  • Rivers: Wisconsin River; Eagle River via en.wikipedia.org
  • Airport: Eagle River Union Airport (EGV); Rhinelander (RHI) ~29 mi unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Hub distance: Eagle River (adjacent); Rhinelander ~29 mi unverified via townoflincolnvilas.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

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