Fifield, Wisconsin

Fifield was founded in 1876, where the Wisconsin Central Railroad crossed the Flambeau River's south fork in the big northern forest. The town is named after Sam Fifield, a politician and businessman who was Wisconsin's 14th lieutenant governor.^[3]

As logging boomed and the population grew, a town hall was built in 1882, but it burned in the fire of 1893, along with Fifield's business district of 60 buildings.^{[citation needed]} The next spring, the town rebuilt the hall with the same dimensions, headed by carpenter Theodore Ristin.^{[citation needed]}

According to the United States Census Bureau^{[citation needed]}, the town has an area of 156.5 square miles (405.3 km²), of which 149.4 square miles (386.9 km²) is land and 7.1 square miles (18.4 km²) (4.53%) is water.

As of the census^[4] of 2020, there was 948 people and 503 households residing in the town. The population density was 6.3 people per square mile (2.4/km²). There were 1,058 housing units, at an average density of 7.06 per square mile (2.73/km²). From the total of 1 058 housing units, 81% were single units, 19% were mobile homes, and 1% was a multi-unit.

The racial makeup of the town was 96.4% White, 0.2% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races.

The population of 948 consists of: 14% under the age of 18, followed by 49% from ages 20 to 64, and 37% of people were 65 and older. The median age is 57.3 years. The population was recorded as 48% female, and 52% male.

Educational alignment showed that 95.1% of people finished high school grad or higher, while 19.5% had a Bachelor's degree or higher.

Out of 503 households, 58% were married couples living together, 11% had a female householder, 3% had a male householder, and 28% were non-families. On average, the household size was 1.9 people.

The median income for a household in the town was $58,523. The per capita income for the town was $37,464. About 10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34% of those under age 18, and 3% of those age 65 or over.

• Fifield Fire Lookout Tower
• Fifield Town Hall
• Round Lake Logging Dam

• Robert W. Aschenbrener (1920–2009), World War II flying ace.^[5]
• Barbara Anne Davis (1930–2008), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.^[6]