Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Sawyer County
U.S. county
North Wisconsin Lumber Company Office in Hayward, Wisconsin
Location within the U.S. state of Wisconsin
Wisconsin's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 45°54′N 91°08′W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Founded	1885
Named for	Philetus Sawyer
Seat	Hayward
Largest city	Hayward
Area
• Total	1,350 sq mi (3,500 km2)
• Land	1,257 sq mi (3,260 km2)
• Water	93 sq mi (240 km2)  6.9%
Population  (2010)
• Total	16,557
• Estimate  (2019)	16,558
• Density	12/sq mi (4.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	7th
Website	www.sawyercountygov.org

Sawyer County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, 16,196 people lived there. Its county seat is Hayward.

History

The county is named for Philetus Sawyer. He was a Representative and Senator for Wisconsin in the 19th century.

Geography

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1900	3,593		—
1910	6,227		73.3%
1920	8,243		32.4%
1930	8,878		7.7%
1940	11,540		30.0%
1950	10,323		−10.5%
1960	9,475		−8.2%
1970	9,670		2.1%
1980	12,843		32.8%
1990	14,181		10.4%
2000	16,196		14.2%
2010	16,557		2.2%
WI Counties 1900-1990

The county has a total area of 1,350 square miles (3,496.5 km²). Of this, 1,256 square miles (3,253.0 km²) is land and 94 square miles (243.5 km²) (6.95%) is water.

Cities, villages, and towns

Cities

• Hayward

Villages

• Couderay
• Exeland
• Radisson
• Winter

Towns

• Bass Lake
• Couderay (town)
• Draper
• Edgewater
• Hayward (town)
• Hunter
• Lenroot
• Meadowbrook
• Meteor
• Ojibwa
• Radisson (town)
• Round Lake
• Sand Lake
• Spider Lake
• Weirgor
• Winter (town)

Unincorporated communities

• Chief Lake
• Draper
• Edgewater
• Hauer
• Hay Stack Corner
• Lemington
• Little Round Lake
• Loretta
• Meteor
• New Post
• Northwoods Beach
• Ojibwa
• Oxbo
• Phipps
• Reserve
• Seeley
• Stone Lake (partial)
• Weirgor
• Wooddale
• Yarnell

Other websites

• Sawyer County
• Chippewa Flowage Fishing Report Archived 2012-08-31 at the Wayback Machine