Sayner is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
in the
Town of Plum Lake in
Vilas County
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 Chippe ...
,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
, United States.
It is located at the intersection of
Highway 155 and County N, about 15 miles northwest of
Eagle River. As of the
2010 census, its population was 207.
Sayner has an area of ; of this is land, and is water.
Sayner got its name from Orrin W. Sayner, who settled the area in 1891, two years before any other settlers took up homes in the town.
In 1895, the Milwaukee Road extended its Valley Line north from Woodruff to Star Lake, with a stop in Sayner. The line primarily carried lumber from area forests, later carried tourists and had been abandoned in the middle 20th century.
Sayner is home to the
Vilas County Historical Society.
The community is the birthplace of the
snowmobile
A snowmobile, also known as a Ski-Doo, snowmachine, sled, motor sled, motor sledge, skimobile, or snow scooter, is a motorized vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow. It is designed to be operated on snow and ice and does not ...
, with the first "motor toboggan" built by
Carl Eliason in 1924.
"Sayner, Wisconsin - Birthplace of the Snowmobile"
RoadsideAmerica.com. Accessed August 22, 2006.
Sayner is also home to one of the nation's oldest summer camps, Camp Highlands for Boys, founded in 1904, and located on the northeast end of Plum Lake.
Located on the south shore of Plum Lake, the Plum Lake Golf Course is the oldest nine-hole golf course in Wisconsin, founded in 1912.
See also
* List of census-designated places in Wisconsin
References
External links
Vilas County Historical Museum
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Census-designated places in Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Vilas County, Wisconsin