The Greater Northwoods

Township in Sawyer County

Town of Hayward

Population
3,765
County
Sawyer County
Location
45.990, -91.406

The Town of Hayward is a Wisconsin town (an unincorporated minor civil division) in Sawyer County that wraps around the separately incorporated City of Hayward, the Sawyer County seat. Its official 2020 Census population was 3,765 (Wisconsin DOA and the decennial count agree), making it one of the larger Northwoods towns, and its 2023 Census Gazetteer land area is about 56.9 square miles (the town's own site self-reports roughly 76 square miles). It is governed by an elected Town Board (Chairman John Froemel), runs its own Police, Highway, and volunteer Fire departments plus a town-owned Recreational Forest, and its children attend the PK-12 Hayward Community School District. Its identity is Northwoods lakes-and-forest recreation: the Namekagon River (part of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway) runs to Hayward, three town-maintained public boat launches serve the lakes, and the surrounding Hayward Lakes area is nationally known for musky fishing, the American Birkebeiner ski race, and the Lumberjack World Championships.

The record

23 records name Town of Hayward

  • 22 news
  • 1 opinion

What the records show

38 of 55 independently verified

Authoritative data

  • Population: 3765 (2020 census), 3841 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
  • Area: 56.89 sq mi land, 6.491 sq mi water, at 45.990133, -91.405956 via www2.census.gov
  • Sawyer County holds 247 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
  • Named lakes nearest this town: Phipps Lake, Spring Lake, Christner Lake, Green Lake, Little Round Lake, Round Lake, Osprey Lake, Indian Lake, Lovejoy Lake, Lake Placid, Lake Placid, Mirror Lake, Burns Lake, Clear Lake and 2 more via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Overview

Population and demographics

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

Institutions and anchors

  • Hospital: Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center unverified via townofhaywardwi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Library: Sherman & Ruth Weiss Community Library unverified via townofhaywardwi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Postoffice: ZIP 54843 unverified via townofhaywardwi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Hall of fame: National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame unverified via haywardareachamber.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

Media

  • Record: Sawyer County Record unverified via apg-wi.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Regional: regional Northwoods media 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

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Seasonal: four-season outdoor rhythm via haywardareachamber.com
  • Birkie: American Birkebeiner (February) unverified via haywardareachamber.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Musky festival: Musky Festival (summer) unverified via haywardareachamber.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Lumberjack: Lumberjack World Championships (July) unverified via haywardareachamber.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: WIS 77; US 63; WIS 27 via townofhaywardwi.gov
  • Airport: Sawyer County Airport (HYR) via sawyercounty.gov
  • Commercial air: Duluth / Rhinelander (nearest commercial) unverified via sawyercounty.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Broadband: None unverified via townofhaywardwi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Hub: City of Hayward (immediate hub) unverified via townofhaywardwi.gov 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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