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Vilas County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Founded
- April 12, 1893
- Named after
- William Freeman Vilas
- Seat
- Eagle River
- Largest city
- Eagle River
- Total
- 1,018 sq mi (2,640 km )
- Land
- 857 sq mi (2,220 km )
- Water
- 161 sq mi (420 km ) 16%
- Estimate 2025
- 23,761
- Density
- 26.9/sq mi (10.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .vilascountywi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Freeman Vilas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Capital
- Eagle River
- Population
- 23047
- Area
- 1018
- Shares border with
- Price County
- Official website
- www.co.vilas.wi.us
- Image
- Vilas County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 10917
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- topic's main category
- Category:Vilas County, Wisconsin
- Commons category
- Vilas County, Wisconsin
- inception
- 1893-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 16
- native label
- Vilas County
- per capita income
- 34548
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Encyclopedic overview
Vilas County (/vaɪləs/ VYE-ləss) is a county in the state of Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,047. Its county seat is Eagle River. The county partly overlaps the reservation of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The county is considered a high-recreation retirement destination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vilas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.