Sawyer County, Wisconsin
| Sawyer County, Wisconsin | |
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 Location in the U.S. state of Wisconsin |
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 Wisconsin's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1885 |
| Named for | Philetus Sawyer |
| Seat | Hayward |
| Largest city | Hayward |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,350 sq mi (3,496 km2) |
| • Land | 1,257 sq mi (3,256 km2) |
| • Water | 93 sq mi (241 km2), 6.9% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 16,557 |
| • Density | 13/sq mi (5/km²) |
| Congressional district | 7th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Sawyer County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,557. Its county seat is Hayward.
The county is named for Philetus Sawyer, a New England man who represented Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in the 19th century. Logging began in the late 1850s. Loggers came from Cortland County, New York, Carroll County, New Hampshire, Orange County, Vermont and Down East Maine in what is now Washington County, Maine and Hancock County, Maine. These were "Yankee" migrants, that is to say they were descended from the English Puritans who had settled New England during the 1600s. They were mostly members of the Congregational Church. Sawyer County was created in 1883 and organized in 1885. In the 1890s immigrants came from a variety of countries such as Germany, Norway, Poland, Ireland and Sweden.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,350 square miles (3,500 km2), of which 1,257 square miles (3,260 km2) is land and 93 square miles (240 km2) (6.9%) is water. It is the fifth-largest county in Wisconsin by land area.
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