Bass Lake, Washburn County, Wisconsin
town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States of America
Bass Lake is a town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 566 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.2 square miles (85.9 km2), of which 32.3 square miles (83.7 km2) is land and 0.8 square mile (2.1 km2) (2.47%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 535 people, 192 households, and 152 families residing in the town. The population density was 16.6 people per square mile (6.4/km2). There were 277 housing units at an average density of 8.6 per square mile (3.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 94.39% White, 0.19% African American, 2.43% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, and 2.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.
There were 192 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.2% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bass Lake, Washburn County, Wisconsin” as town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States of America. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States of America. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4867929. Authority coordinates are 45.952, -91.597. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2000.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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