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Forest County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Seat
- Crandon
- Largest city
- Crandon
- Total
- 1,046 sq mi (2,710 km )
- Land
- 1,014 sq mi (2,630 km )
- Water
- 32 sq mi (83 km ) 3.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,574
- Density
- 9.1/sq mi (3.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .co .forest .wi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- forest
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Crandon
- Capital
- Crandon
- Population
- 9179
- Area
- 2710
- Shares border with
- Vilas County
- Official website
- www.co.forest.wi.gov
- Image
- ForestCountyWisconsinCourthouseUS8WIS32WIS55.jpg
- Households
- 3929
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- topic's main category
- Category:Forest County, Wisconsin
- Commons category
- Forest County, Wisconsin
- inception
- 1885-04-11
- different from
- Forrest County
- water as percent of area
- 3.1
- native label
- Forest County
- per capita income
- 26863
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Encyclopedic overview
Forest County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,179. Its county seat is Crandon. The Forest County Potawatomi Community and the Sokaogon Chippewa Community have reservations in Forest County.
The county is considered a high-recreation retirement destination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Forest County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.