The Greater Northwoods

Township in Sawyer County

Town of Bass Lake

Population
2,731
County
Sawyer County
Location
45.936, -91.451

Bass Lake is an unincorporated town (civil township) in Sawyer County, northwestern Wisconsin, sitting roughly six miles southeast of the county seat of Hayward and holding some of the region's marquee lakes, including 3,176-acre Grindstone Lake. It is a Northwoods lake-country community whose identity is fishing, water recreation, and trails, and it contains the census-designated place of Little Round Lake and the unincorporated community of Northwoods Beach. The town is governed by an elected Town Board chaired by Justin Hall, with Tammy Brown as Clerk/Treasurer, meeting the second Monday of each month at the Town Hall, and its official .gov site is basslakewi.gov. Children attend the Hayward Community School District, and everyday services (hospital, library, chamber, newspaper, airport) are anchored in nearby Hayward. Note: this environment could not reach census.gov primary endpoints, so 2020 decennial, ACS, and land-area figures are flagged rather than asserted as primary.

The record

44 records name Town of Bass Lake

  • 20 news
  • 15 obituaries
  • 9 opinion

Showing the 40 most recent of 44. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

33 of 43 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 2731 (2020 census), 2798 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 46.026 sq mi land, 15.68 sq mi water, at 45.93626, -91.450665 via www2.census.gov
  • Sawyer County holds 247 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: Island Lake, Windigo Lake, Williams Lake, Murray Lake, Lake Twenty-seven, Adina Lake, Grindstone Lake, Petty Lake, Schoolhouse Lake, Hub Lake, Johnson Lake, Durphee Lake, Minnemac Lake, Minnemac Lake and 6 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Overview

  • Name: Town of Bass Lake via basslakewi.gov
  • Type: town (civil township) via basslakewi.gov
  • County: Sawyer County via sawyercounty.gov
  • Location: ~6 miles southeast of Hayward secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Geoid: 5511305200 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Coords: 45.91806, -91.42667 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Area total: 61.7 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Area land: 46.0 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Area water: 15.7 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Population and demographics

  • 2000: 2244 via basslakewi.gov
  • Acs: 2839 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Income: 56071 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Age: 41.2 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

  • Industry: tourism / lake recreation / seasonal residential secondary source via basslakewi.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Tourism: fishing and lake recreation secondary source via basslakewi.gov Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Institutions and anchors

  • Hospital: Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center (Hayward) secondary source via tamarackhealth.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Library: Sherman & Ruth Weiss Community Library (Hayward) secondary source via weisscommunitylibrary.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Communities: Little Round Lake (CDP); Northwoods Beach (unincorporated) via basslakewi.gov

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Hayward Area Chamber of Commerce secondary source via haywardareachamber.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Media

Recreation and natural assets

  • Grindstone: Grindstone Lake, 3,176 acres, 60 ft max depth via apps.dnr.wi.gov
  • Lakes: Grindstone Lake; Lac Courte Oreilles; Round Lake secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Identity: lakes, trails, fishing, recreation via basslakewi.gov

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Seasonal: four-season lake-country rhythm unverified via basslakewi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Infrastructure and access

  • Airport: Sawyer County Airport (HYR), Hayward via sawyercounty.gov
  • Hub: Hayward (~6 miles) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Highways: WIS 27; County Highway B unverified via apg-wi.com 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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