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Vilas, Wisconsin
Vilas is a town (Wisconsin), town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 233 at the 2010 census. Geography Vilas is in western Langlade County, bordered to the west by Lincoln County, Wisconsin, Lincoln County. It is northwest of Antigo, Wisconsin, Antigo, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.08%, are water. Most of the town is drained by southwest-flowing tributaries of the Pine River (Wisconsin River tributary), Pine River, which joins the Wisconsin River south of Merrill, Wisconsin, Merrill. The southeast and northeast corners of the town, however, drain east to the West Branch of the Eau Claire River (Wisconsin River tributary), Eau Claire River, leading to the Wisconsin River south of Wausau, Wisconsin, Wausau. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 249 people, 97 households, and 64 families residing in the town. The population density w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilas County, Wisconsin
Vilas County is a county in the state of Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,047. Its county seat is Eagle River. The county partly overlaps the reservation of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. History Native Americans Native Americans have lived in what is now Vilas County for thousands of years. The county contains archaeological sites dating to the prehistoric Woodland period. In the eighteenth century, the area was disputed by the Dakota and Ojibwe people. According to oral histories, the conflict culminated in Ojibwe victory in a battle on Strawberry Island in Flambeau Lake around 1745. Ojibwe people have continued to live in the area ever since, securing the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation in the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe. Settlement The first recorded white settler was a man named Ashman who established a trading post in Lac du Flambeau in 1818. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
