Village of Cecil, Shawano County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

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The Village of Cecil is an incorporated village in Shawano County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5513325).

The village covers 1.791 square miles of land and 0.01 square miles of water, centered near 44.81137, -88.449276.

The Census Bureau also carries Cecil as a county subdivision of Shawano County (GEOID 5511513325), with the same land and water area.

GNIS records Cecil as a populated place in Shawano County at 44.8099895, -88.4523248.

The Census geocoder places the village's internal point in ZIP code tabulation area 54111, State Assembly District 6, State Senate District 2 and the 8th Congressional District.

Cecil calls itself the only village on Shawano Lake.

The village sits on the east shore of Shawano Lake.

First known as the "Head of the Lake", Cecil was founded by the logging industry around 1849, and pine cut nearby was floated across Shawano Lake and down the Wolf River to Oshkosh.

The village's second major industry was the ice harvest in Cecil Bay, with some ice shipped as far as Milwaukee.

When the railroad was finished in 1884, the settlement was named Cecil after a railroad man, Cecil Leavitt.

The 2020 census counted 529 residents in the Village of Cecil.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official estimate for the village is 533.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Cecil village is 537 (2020 estimates base 529).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population is 529 (margin of error +/-102).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age is 47 years (margin of error +/-14.3).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income is $77,115 (margin of error +/-$19,247).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied homes is $227,800 (margin of error +/-$34,886).

Cecil is governed by a village board of a village president and six trustees.

Jeff Nolan is village president.

Trustees are Steve Bartz, Mark Hendricks, Ann Kallies, Duane Sperberg, Cap Wallrich and Bob Weier.

Teri Westerfeld is village clerk/treasurer, and the deputy clerk/treasurer post is listed as vacant.

The state clerk directory lists the Village of Cecil (DOA code 59111) clerk at 715-745-4428 and [email address]

The village board meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. at Village Hall.

The village office is at 111 E. Hofman St. (P.O. Box 159), Cecil, WI 54111, phone 715-745-4428, open 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, and closed Friday.

The village's official website is villageofcecil.com.

Agendas and minutes are posted by meeting date on the Village Board page; the 2026 list ran from January 20 through May 19 when fetched on September 19, 2026.

For police service, the village Police Department page directs residents to the Shawano County Sheriff's Department (911, non-emergency 715-526-3111).

The village lies in the Bonduel School District.

The Bonduel School District (NCES 5501470) is a PK-12 district of 3 schools with 782 students in 2024-25, at 400 W. Green Bay St., Bonduel.

The village Schools page also lists St. Paul Lutheran School in Bonduel (preschool through grade 8) and Wolf River Lutheran High School near Shawano (grades 9-12).

The village describes itself as a vacationers' retreat on Shawano Lake, with lodging, dining, golf, fishing, boating, camping, hunting and winter snowmobile trails.

Shawano County had 892 business establishments and 10,135 paid employees in 2023, of which 2,429 worked in manufacturing.

NEW Media Inc., a Shawano news publisher, carried Cecil items on its home page on September 19, 2026, including a feature on an animal rescue in Cecil and a Cecil obituary.

Cecil has a fire department, with Jeff Homan listed as fire chief.

Cecil has no library outlet of its own; the village Libraries page points residents to the Shawano City-County Library at 128 S. Sawyer St., Shawano.

Cecil Legion Post 392 is the organization listed on the village Organizations page.

The Cecil Chamber of Commerce states its mission as promoting area businesses and making Cecil an attraction for tourists, and meets quarterly (January, April, July and October) at 6:30 p.m. at the Cecil Fireside Inn.

The village hosts a business directory that includes the Cecil Fireside Inn, White Clay Lake Resort, Millers Furniture & Barns and a Southern Care Hospice office.

Lakeview Park has a handicap-accessible public access dock at the corner of State Highways 22 and 117, with camping lots available seasonally.

Joe Peterman Memorial Field is home of the Cecil Mudhens amateur baseball team, which plays in the Dairyland League (day games 1:30 p.m., night games 7:30 p.m.).

GNIS lakes whose nearest municipal centroid in Shawano County is Cecil include Mud Lake, Korth Lake, Bahr Lake, Washington Lake, Lily Lake, Spring Lake and Lulu Lake.

Winter on Shawano Lake at Cecil brings snowmobile trails, ice racing and ice fishing, according to the village.

Village sewer is billed quarterly; the 2026 treatment charge is $6.35 per thousand gallons, with a minimum quarterly charge of $34.95.

The Sewer & Utilities page also lists the Shawano Lake Sanitary District and WE Energies as utility contacts.

The village is moving to automated trash and recycling collection using new lidded carts.