Lake Tomahawk is an
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census-designated place
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located in the town of
Lake Tomahawk,
Oneida County,
Wisconsin
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, United States. Lake Tomahawk is located on
Wisconsin Highway 47
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Route descript ...
northwest of
Rhinelander. Lake Tomahawk has a
post office
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with
ZIP code 54539. As of the
2010 census, its population was 228.
History
Lake Tomahawk was originally called Tomahawk Lake, and under the latter name was
plat
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ted in 1892. The community took its name from nearby
Tomahawk Lake. The name of the post office was changed from Tomahawk Lake to Lake Tomahawk in 1928.
References
Census-designated places in Oneida County, Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
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