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County Info
Sawyer County was created in 1883 and organized in 1885.

Sawyer County's county seat is Hayward

The county is named for Philetus Sawyer, who represented Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in the 19th century.

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Sunset over the Chippewa Flowage
©K. Torp
 

City
Hayward

Villages
Couderay * Exeland * Radisson * Winter

Towns
Bass Lake * Couderay * Draper * Edgewater * Hayward * Hunter * Lenroot * Meadowbrook *
Meteor * Ojibwa * Radisson * Round Lake * Sand Lake * Spider Lake * Weirgor * Winter

Census-designated Places
Chief Lake * Little Round Lake * New Post * Reserve * Stone Lake (partial)

Unincorporated Communities
Draper * Edgewater * Hauer * Hay Stack Corner * Lemington * Loretta * Meteor *
Northwoods Beach * Oxbo * Phipps * Seeley * Wooddale * Yarnell

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County Records

Cemeteries

Census Records

County Records

Death Records

Family Bibles and Records

History Topics

 Marriage Records

News Gleanings

Obituaries and Death Notices

 School Histories and Records

Wills/Probate Records

Website Updates:

March 2025

Biographies:  Caroline Brouette, May Brown, Nettie Brown, William Biegler, Ada Grace Biegler, Susie A. Biegler, Mertie Benedict, Esther Pearl Beal, Clara A. Burghardt, Tena Berg, Angie A. Beal, Anna L. Burton, Ara Grace Banister, Frank M. Ball, Lydia Bundy, Evren Bessey, Marion Bryant, Alice M. Beaver, Rosalia Bohrer, Hilda Beck
Birth Announcements:  Brooks daughter, Coburn boy, Beudette son, Bursinger girl, Hewitt son, Gerber twin boys, Hanson daughter, Schweitzer girl
Church Records: 
First Congregational Church of Hayward - Register of Baptisms 1899-1915 (complete); First Congregational Church of Hayward - Register of Marriages 1885-1914 (complete); First Congregation Church of Hayward - Funerals 1912-1915 (complete); First Congregational Church of Hayward - Register of Deaths (complete); First Congregational Church of Hayward - Register of Council (complete)
Marriage Announcements:  Hubbard-Adams, Baker-Rasmussen, Bitney-Mochler, Roycraft-Lee, Roycraft-Dupont, Etters-Taylor
Obituaries and Death Notices:  Bernard Oldeen, Jacob Holman



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Adjacent Counties
Bayfield County - north
Ashland County - northeast
Price County - east
Rusk County - south
Barron County - southwest
Washburn County - west
Douglas County - northwest

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