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Washburn County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Named after
- Cadwallader C. Washburn
- Seat
- Shell Lake
- Largest city
- Spooner
- Total
- 853 sq mi (2,210 km )
- Land
- 797 sq mi (2,060 km )
- Water
- 56 sq mi (150 km ) 6.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 17,087
- Density
- 20.9/sq mi (8.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .co .washburn .wi .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Cadwallader C. Washburn
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Shell Lake
- Capital
- Shell Lake
- Population
- 16623
- Area
- 853
- Shares border with
- Burnett County
- Official website
- www.co.washburn.wi.us
- Image
- Washburn county WI Shell Lake IMG 1660.JPG
- Households
- 7290
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- water as percent of area
- 6.6
- native label
- Washburn County
- Commons category
- Washburn County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Washburn County, Wisconsin
- inception
- 1883-00-00
- different from
- Washburn
- per capita income
- 30217
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Encyclopedic overview
Washburn County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is named after Governor Cadwallader C. Washburn. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,623. Its county seat is Shell Lake. The county was created in 1883. The county is considered a high-recreation retirement destination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Geography
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