Burnett County is a county in Wisconsin, United States, in the far northwestern corner of the state along the St. Croix River. It had a population of 16,526 at the 2020 census and covers 880 square miles (2,280 km2) centred near 45\u00b052\u2032N 92\u00b022\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Siren is the county seat, and its postal code is 54872. The county has 3 incorporated villages, 21 towns and a handful of unincorporated communities, no incorporated cities at all — Burnett is one of only three Wisconsin counties with no cities and the only one with villages but no cities. The county is in the Central time zone; its FIPS code is 55013.<\/p>\n
The table below lists Burnett County’s 3 villages, its census-designated place, and the unincorporated communities named in county and postal records. CDP = census-designated place (no municipal government); Unincorp. = an unincorporated community inside one of the county’s 21 towns.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Township<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siren<\/td>\n | Village · seat<\/td>\n | Siren<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 54872<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grantsburg<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Grantsburg<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 54840<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Webster<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Wood River<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 54893<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Danbury<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | Union<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 54830<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Alpha<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bashaw<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Benson<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Branstad<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Coomer<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Falun<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Four Corners<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gaslyn<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hertel<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Union<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 54845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lind<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Randall<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Riverside<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Timberland<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Trade Lake<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Trade Lake<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 54853<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Trade River<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Webb Lake<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Webb Lake<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Woodland Corner<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n The old list’s “Oakland” and “Yellow Lake” and “Pole Cat Crossing” entries are dropped — both Oakland and Webb Lake are township (town) names already carried in the Township column, not distinct settlements with independent records, and no county or postal source corroborates a place called “Pole Cat Crossing” or “Yellow Lake” separate from Yellow Lake township’s namesake lake.<\/p>\n Townships<\/h2>\nBurnett County is divided into 21 towns (Wisconsin’s term for civil townships), each with its own elected town board. Verified 2020 town-level population figures were not available for this page; the table below lists the towns and any settlement each is known to contain.<\/p>\n \n |