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Ashland County, Wisconsin

Explore Ashland County (Click on picture) Ashland County, created in 1848 from previously unorganized territory, is named after Henry Clay's home in Kentucky. Located in northwest Wisconsin, the county seat is Ashland.

Land Area	1,043.82 sq miles
Water Area	1,249.91 sq miles
Elevation	671 ft at Ashland. 1,872 at Mt Whittlesey.
Number of Lakes	157
Area in Lakes	5,936 acres (9.28 sq miles)
Rivers	Bad, Marengo, Potato, Tyler Forks, White
Major Watershed	Lake Superior
Geographical Province	North: Lake Superior Lowlands. South: Northern Highlands.
Natural Vegetation	Northwest: mostly balsam fir and white spruce. Central: white maple, hemlock, and yellow birch. Black spruce, tamarack and ceder form a band of conifer swamps that leads northeastward from the southeast corner.
Population
1930: 1970: 1980: 1990: 2000:	12,054 16,743 16,783 16,307 16,866
Border Counties
North: East: South: West:	Lake Superior Iron County Price County, Sawyer County Sawyer County, Bayfield County

Ashland County Government and Local Information Resources
County Web Site	www.co.ashland.wi.us
County Administrator	County Administrator	Phone: 715-682-7015
Board of Supervisors	Chairman County Board	Phone: 715-682-7015
County Clerk	Office of the County Clerk 201 W Main St, Room 202 Ashland, WI 54806	Phone: 715-682-7000
Clerk of Courts	Clerk of Circuit Court	Phone: 715-682-7016
County Sheriff	Sheriff	Phone: 715-685-7640
Health Department	Director Department of Human Services	Phone: 715-682-7004
Highway Department	Highway Commissioner	Phone: 715-274-3662
County Parks	Ashland County Forester	Phone: 715-264-3000
Birth & Death Certificates, Marriage Records	Register of Deeds 201 W Main St, Room 206 Ashland, WI 54806	Phone: 715-682-7008
Cooperative Extension	UW-Extension, Ashland County 201 W Main St, Room 107 Ashland, WI 54806	Phone: 715-682-7017 E-mail
Tourism, Relocation & Business Development	Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce PO Box 746 Ashland, WI 54806-0746	Phone: 715-682-2500
	Glidden Area Chamber of Commerce PO Box 265 Glidden, WI 54527	Phone: 715-264-4304
	Madeline Island Chamber of Commerce PO Box 274 La Pointe, WI 54850-0274	Phone: 715-747-2801
	Mellen Area Chamber of Commerce PO Box 193 Mellen, WI 54546-0193	Phone: 715-274-2330
	Turtle Flambeau Flowage Association 2974 Hiawatha Rd Butternut, WI 54514	Phone: 715-476-2555
Historical and Genealogical Societies	Ashland Historical Society PO Box 433 Ashland, WI 54806	Phone: 715-682-4911
	Mellen Area Historical Society PO Box 522 Mellen, WI 54546	Phone: 715-274-3931
	Ashland/ Bayfield County Tree Climbers Rt 1, Box 139 Mason, WI 54856
	WIGenWebProject, Ashland County