Town in Price County

Town of Fifield

Population: 905
County: Price County
Location: 45.858, -90.224

Fifield is a large, forest-dominated town (a Wisconsin minor civil division, not an incorporated village) in northern Price County, seated at the junction of State Highways 13 and 70, with the unincorporated community of Fifield at its heart. Roughly 100 of its about 150 square miles lie inside the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, and it markets itself as a gateway community and a vacation and retirement area. The official 2020 Census population was 905 (Wisconsin DOA and the Price County directory agree; a widely copied Wikipedia figure of 948 is not supported by either primary source). The town is run by an elected three-member Town Board (Chairperson William Felch) with Clerk/Treasurer Angela Richardson, its children attend the PK-12 Chequamegon School District in Park Falls, and its identity is Northwoods logging heritage and outdoor recreation anchored by the South Fork of the Flambeau River, the Round Lake Recreation Area, and the 1894 Old Town Hall Museum.

The record

101 records name Town of Fifield

95 news
4 obituaries
2 events

Showing the 40 most recent of 101. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

37 of 52 independently verified

Authoritative data

Population: 905 (2020 census), 901 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
Area: 149.939 sq mi land, 6.398 sq mi water, at 45.858003, -90.224152 via www2.census.gov
Price County holds 152 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
Named lakes nearest this town: Bear Lake, Robert Sells Flowage 1, Granger Lake, Schmuland Flowage, Sailor Lake, Riley Lake, Wilson Flowage, Gates Lake, Nichols Lake, Pond Lake, Byhre Lake, Beaver Lake, Deer Lake, McArthur Lake and 10 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Overview

Name: Town of Fifield via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Type: town (minor civil division) via www2.census.gov
County: Price County via www2.census.gov
Coords: 45.858003, -90.224152 via www2.census.gov
Landarea: 149.939 via www2.census.gov
Forest share: ~100 of ~152 via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Founded: 1876 unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Name origin: Sam Fifield 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

2020: 905 via doa.wi.gov
2010: 901 via co.price.wi.us
Est 2025: 901 via doa.wi.gov
Acs pop: ~950 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Income: 59205 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Age: 59.9 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

Form: town board (chair plus two supervisors) via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Chair: William Felch via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Supervisors: John Schroeder; David Ebert via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Clerk: Angela Richardson (Clerk/Treasurer) via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Address: N13935 Ridge Avenue, PO Box 241, Fifield, WI 54524 via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Site: tn.fifield.wi.gov via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Notices: town hall and Fifield Post Office via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Meeting: None unverified via tn.fifield.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Schools

District: Chequamegon School District via nces.ed.gov
Structure: 4 via nces.ed.gov
Enrollment: 654 via nces.ed.gov

Economy and employers

Equalized value: 272722100 via co.price.wi.us
Tourism: gateway community; vacation and retirement area via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Industries: forestry, forest products, tourism, government unverified via tn.fifield.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Institutions and anchors

Postoffice: Fifield Post Office (ZIP 54524) via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Museum: 1894 Old Town Hall Museum via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Cemetery: Forest Home Cemetery via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Hospital: Flambeau Hospital, Park Falls unverified via pfacdc.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Library: None unverified via tn.fifield.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

Chamber: Park Falls Area Chamber of Commerce (nearest) via parkfalls.com
Downtown: junction of WIS 13 and WIS 70 via tn.fifield.wi.gov

Media

Price county review: Price County Review unverified via apg-wi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Region: Price County Review; regional broadcast unverified via apg-wi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Recreation and natural assets

National forest: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Round lake: Round Lake Recreation Area (3,600 acres) via fs.usda.gov
Flambeau river: South Fork of the Flambeau River via fs.usda.gov
Logging dam: Round Lake Logging Dam (NRHP 1981) via fs.usda.gov
Covered bridge: Smith Rapids Covered Bridge via tn.fifield.wi.gov

Events and seasonal rhythm

Seasonal: hunting, fishing, camping, snowmobiling, skiing via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Anniversary: 150th anniversary in 2026 unverified via pricecounty.fun 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 and WIS 70 via tn.fifield.wi.gov
Airport: Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (nearest commercial) unverified via tn.fifield.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Hub: Park Falls (nearest hub) unverified via tn.fifield.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Broadband: None unverified via tn.fifield.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

Price County 93 meetings

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