Sawyer County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population was 18,074. Its county seat is Hayward. The county is largely rural, with no community outside Hayward exceeding 400 people. It partly overlaps with the reservation of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. The U.S. Department of Agriculture considers the county a high-recreation and high-retirement destination.
- Country
- United States
- Inception
- 1883
- Website
- http://www.sawyercountygov.org