Wisconsin
Washburn
City of Shell Lake

Shell Lake

Shell Lake is a city in , United States. The population was 1,371 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Washburn County.
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  • Type: Village with 1,320 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Shell Lake”, “Shell Lake, WI”, and “Shell Lake, Wisconsin”
  • Postal code: 54871

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shell Lake High School.

School
is a high school in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, in . The school had a separate school called the Shell Lake Primary school that educated grades K–2.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beaver Brook and Chicago Junction.

Hamlet
is a town in , , United States. The population was 643 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of and Chicago Junction are located in the town. is situated 4 miles east of Shell Lake.

Hamlet
Spooner is a city in , United States. The population was 2,573 at the 2020 census. The city is located mostly within the southwest corner of the , with a small portion extending into the on the south, the on the southwest, and the Town of Evergreen on the west. is situated 4½ miles northeast of Shell Lake.

Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , United States. The population was 2,573 at the 2020 census. The city is located mostly within the southwest corner of the , with a small portion extending into the on the south, the on the southwest, and the Town of Evergreen on the west.

Shell Lake

Latitude
45.7431° or 45° 44′ 35″ north
Longitude
-91.92527° or 91° 55′ 31″ west
Population
1,320
Elevation
1,240 feet (378 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US HL8
Open location code
86QCP3VF+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151837665
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5272949
Wiki­data ID
Q1569800
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Shell Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيل ليك (ويسكونسن)”
  • Arabic: “شيل ليك”
  • Basque: “Shell Lake”
  • Catalan: “Shell Lake”
  • Cebuano: “Shell Lake”
  • Chechen: “Шелл-Лейк”
  • Chinese: “Shell Lake”
  • Dutch: “Shell Lake”
  • French: “Shell Lake”
  • German: “Shell Lake”
  • Gilaki: “شل لیک (ويسکانسين)”
  • Gilaki: “شل لیک”
  • Haitian: “Shell Lake, Wisconsin”
  • Haitian: “Shell Lake”
  • Hungarian: “Shell Lake”
  • Irish: “Shell Lake”
  • Italian: “Shell Lake”
  • Japanese: “シェル・レイク”
  • Ladin: “Shell Lake”
  • Malagasy: “Shell Lake, Wisconsin”
  • Malagasy: “Shell Lake”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shell Lake”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shell Lake (Wisconsin)”
  • Norwegian: “Shell Lake”
  • Persian: “شل لیک”
  • Polish: “Shell Lake”
  • Portuguese: “Shell Lake”
  • Romanian: “Shell Lake, WI”
  • Romanian: “Shell Lake, Wisconsin”
  • Romanian: “Shell Lake”
  • Serbian: “Шел Лејк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shell Lake, Wisconsin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shell Lake”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شل لیک، ویسکانسین”
  • Spanish: “Shell Lake (Wisconsin)”
  • Spanish: “Shell Lake”
  • Swedish: “Shell Lake”
  • Tatar: “Шелл-Лейк”
  • Ukrainian: “Шелл-Лейк”
  • Uzbek: “Shell Lake”
  • Uzbek: “Шелл Лаке”
  • Vietnamese: “Shell Lake, Wisconsin”
  • Vietnamese: “Shell Lake”
  • Volapük: “Shell Lake”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shell Lake, Wisconsin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shell Lake”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shell Lake Library and Saint Joseph Catholic Church.

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