NW Wisconsin
Bayfield County
City of Washburn

Washburn

Washburn is a city on the shore of Lake Superior's Chequamegon Bay in that offers multiple outdoor recreational opportunities, a spectacular cultural life, and a relaxed atmosphere.
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  • Type: Town with 2,140 residents
  • Description: fourth-class city in and county seat of Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Washburn”, “Washburn, WI”, and “Washburn, Wisconsin”
  • Postal code: 54891

Places of Interest

Highlights include Washburn Public Library and Bayfield County Courthouse.

Library
Photo: Billertl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a Carnegie library in Washburn, Wisconsin, United States. The library was built in 1904; it was the first permanent home for Washburn's library program, which began in 1891 and had previously operated out of City Hall.

Courthouse
Photo: Billertl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic courthouse in Washburn, . Construction on the courthouse began in 1894, two years after the county seat moved to Washburn and was completed in 1896.

School
is a public high school located in Washburn, Wisconsin that serves students from 9th through 12th grade. It is part of the School District of Washburn.

Washburn

Latitude
46.6733° or 46° 40′ 24″ north
Longitude
-90.8949° or 90° 53′ 42″ west
Population
2,140
Elevation
692 feet (211 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WZU
Open location code
86RFM4F4+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151392781
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5277856
Wiki­data ID
Q405500
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Washburn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واشبرن (ويسكونسن)”
  • Arabic: “واشبرن”
  • Basque: “Washburn”
  • Catalan: “Washburn”
  • Cebuano: “Washburn (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Wisconsin)”
  • Cebuano: “Washburn”
  • Chechen: “Вошберн”
  • Chinese: “Washburn”
  • Chinese: “沃什本”
  • Chinese: “瓦士本市”
  • Dutch: “Washburn”
  • French: “Washburn”
  • Georgian: “ვაშბარნი”
  • German: “Washburn”
  • Gilaki: “واش‌برن”
  • Haitian: “Washburn, Wisconsin”
  • Haitian: “Washburn”
  • Hungarian: “Washburn”
  • Irish: “Washburn”
  • Italian: “Washburn”
  • Japanese: “ウォシュバーン”
  • Japanese: “ウォッシュバーン”
  • Ladin: “Washburn”
  • Malagasy: “Washburn, Wisconsin”
  • Malagasy: “Washburn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Washburn”
  • Persian: “وااشبورن، ویسکانسین”
  • Persian: “واشبرن، ویسکانسین”
  • Persian: “واشبرن”
  • Polish: “Washburn”
  • Portuguese: “Washburn”
  • Romanian: “Washburn, Wisconsin”
  • Romanian: “Washburn”
  • Serbian: “Вошберн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Washburn, Wisconsin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Washburn”
  • Slovenian: “Washburn”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واشبرن، ویسکانسین”
  • Spanish: “Washburn (Wisconsin)”
  • Spanish: “Washburn”
  • Swedish: “Washburn, Wisconsin”
  • Swedish: “Washburn”
  • Tatar: “Вошберн (Висконсин)”
  • Tatar: “Вошберн”
  • Ukrainian: “Вошберн”
  • Uzbek: “Washburn”
  • Vietnamese: “Washburn, Wisconsin”
  • Vietnamese: “Washburn”
  • Volapük: “Washburn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Washburn, Wisconsin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Washburn”

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