Hazelhurst is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in the town of Hazelhurst, Oneida County,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

, United States. Hazelhurst is located on

U.S. Route 51 U.S. Route 51 or U.S. Highway 51 (US 51) is a major south–north United States highway that extends from the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana, to within of the Wisconsin–Michigan state line. As most of the United States Numbered Hi ...

northwest of Rhinelander. Hazelhurst has a

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with ZIP code 54531.

History

Businessman Cyrus C. Yawkey started a sawmill in present-day Hazelhurst which became the Yawkey Lumber Company. Yawkey served on the Hazelhurst town board, the Oneida County board of supervisors, and the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...

.A Date in Wisconsin: May 18
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Images

File:Hazelhurst Wisconsin Sign Looking North US51.jpg, Sign on U.S. 51 File:Hazelhurst Wisconsin Welcome Sign US51.jpg, Welcome sign File:Hazelhurst Wisconsin Volunteer Fire Department.jpg, Fire Department

References

Unincorporated communities in Oneida County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{OneidaCountyWI-geo-stub