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Vilas County Wisconsin
Genealogy Trails Website
Our goal is to help you track your
ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it
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ancestors.
Founded April 12, 1893 from Oneida County
Named for Wisconsin Senator, William Freeman Vilas
The County Seat is Eagle River
Chippewa Native Americas were the earliest inhabitants.
The first recorded white settler was a man named Ashman who established a trading post in Lac du Flambeau in 1818
Logging began in the late 1850s. Migrants from Vermont and Connecticut constructed wagon roads and trails through Vilas County including the Ontonogan Mail Trail and a military road from Fort Howard to Fort Wilkins in Copper Harbor, Michigan.
Cities
Eagle River (county seat)
Towns
Arbor Vitae * Boulder Junction * Cloverland * Conover * Lac du Flambeau * Land O' Lakes * Lincoln *
Manitowish Waters * Phelps * Plum Lake * Presque Isle * St. Germain * Washington * Winchester
Census-designated places
Boulder Junction * Lac du Flambeau
Unincorporated communities
Arbor Vitae * Conover * Katinka Village * Land O' Lakes * Marlands * Phelps
* Presque Isle * Sayner * St. Germain * Star Lake * Winchester
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Updates:
March 2025
Birth Announcements:
Klauss daughter, Bartley
son, Minkley son, Thompson daughter, Fraser daughter, Burkle son, Conant
daughter, Ohlson daughter, Van Order daughter, Wasserberger
daughter, Perry son Bowkers son
Church Records: Pioneer Lake Lutheran Church
Funerals (complete); Pioneer Lake Lutheran Church Members ( in process);
Pioneer Lake Lutheran Baptisms 1903-1941 (complete); Pioneer Lake
Lutheran Marriages 1923-1947 (complete)
Death Records:
Death Certificates 1888-1893
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