Lake Tomahawk Map
Lake Tomahawk is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States named for the shape of the adjacent freshwater lake of the same name. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Lake Tomahawk is located in the town. Lake Tomahawk is famous for its snowshoe baseball and is promoted as the "World Capital of Snowshoe Baseball."
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.2 square miles (101.6 km²), of which, 34.3 square miles (88.9 km²) of it is land and 4.9 square miles (12.7 km²) of it (12.50%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,160 people, 475 households, and 317 families residing in the town. The population density was 33.8 people per square mile (13.1/km²). There were 1,052 housing units at an average density of 30.7 per square mile (11.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 93.97% White, 4.40% African American, 0.78% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population.
Nearby cities include Sayner, Rhinelander, Eagle River, Minocqua, Woodruff.