Town of Elderon, Marathon County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

No newspaper or broadcast outlet specific to the Town of Elderon was named in any source read this session; the town publishes its own notices online.

The Town of Elderon is a civil town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, Census county subdivision GEOID 5507323100 (USGS GNIS 01583144).

The Town of Elderon covers 34.571 square miles of land and 0.415 square miles of water.

The town's Census internal point is near 44.82707, -89.316949.

The 2020 Census counted 644 residents in the Town of Elderon.

The Wisconsin DOA estimates the Town of Elderon's population at 633 as of January 1, 2025, a change of -11 from 2020.

DOA estimates 520 voting-age residents in the Town of Elderon for 2025 (525 at the 2020 Census).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of the Town of Elderon's population is 622 (+/-105).

The ACS 2019-2023 median age in the Town of Elderon is 45.9 years (+/-9.6).

The ACS 2019-2023 median household income in the Town of Elderon is $89,063 (+/-$15,256).

The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes in the Town of Elderon is $204,800 (+/-$26,554).

The state Municipal Data System lists the Town of Elderon (DOA code 37022) clerk as Mary Ostrowski, phone 715-454-6845, with a mailing address of 217422 Black Cherry Dr, Eland, WI 54427-9426 (record last updated 2/24/2026).

Marathon County had 3,436 business establishments and 65,770 paid employees in 2023, including 18,923 in manufacturing and 10,570 in health care and social assistance.

The nearest public library outlet in the IMLS file to the town's internal point is the Hatley Branch (Marathon County Public Library) at 435 Curtis Ave., Hatley (about 4.4 miles straight-line).

The municipality's official website identifies it as the Town of Elderon, Marathon County, WI.

The Town of Elderon is a separate municipality from the Village of Elderon (DOA code 37122; 2020 Census 161, 2025 estimate 157), which lies in the town's southeast quadrant.

The town is bounded by the Town of Norrie to the north, the Town of Reid to the west, the Town of Franzen to the south, and Shawano County to the east.

The town describes itself as founded in 1888 and laid out in 36 sections on the easternmost edge of Marathon County, a rural farming and recreation community.

The town's home page displays 'Population: 620', an undated figure that differs from the 2020 Census count of 644.

The town's site notes that travelers on the Highway 29 east-west corridor between Wausau and Green Bay pass through the township.

USGS GNIS records a populated place named Ingersoll at 44.8519159, -89.2598366, a point that falls inside the Town of Elderon's Census boundary.

Don Aanonsen is Town Chairman.

Craig Ostrowski and Mike Reynolds are Town Supervisors.

Mary Ostrowski is Town Clerk; the town office phone is (715) 454-6845 and the fax is (715) 454-6955.

Polly Zyduck is Town Treasurer.

Kurt Moeller is the town assessor.

The Town Hall is at 215401 Black Cherry Drive, Eland, WI 54427, with a multipurpose room, restrooms, a kitchenette, and an attached garage for road equipment.

No fixed regular meeting day is published on the pages read. Recent notices set board meetings on December 9, 2025 (2:30 p.m.), January 6, 2026 (2:30 p.m.), February 10, 2026 (4:00 p.m., moved from 7:00), and August 10, 2026 (7:00 p.m., moved because of the August 11 primary).

The 2026 Annual Town Meeting was set for April 21, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at the Town Hall.

The 2026 Board of Review was set for Wednesday, May 13, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with residents required to book an appointment with the assessor beforehand.

The town posts notices, meeting-time changes, road updates, and cleanup dates on the News & Notices page of townofelderonwi.com, and offers an email subscription for updates.

The site has an Agendas & Minutes repository, but the static page fetched this session rendered no meeting rows, so the depth of the online agenda record is unconfirmed.

The Town Board adopted its current comprehensive plan by ordinance after a special meeting on March 22, 2021, for the next ten years.

The town publishes dwelling, garbage, land, and ATV ordinances, and all town roads are open to ATV/UTV use.

Spring cleanup is the first Tuesday in May and fall cleanup the first Tuesday in October each year.

The Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District covers the whole Town of Elderon.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District (NCES 5517100) is a PK-12 district of 3 schools with 1,175 students in 2024-25, based at 400 W Grand Ave, Wittenberg (Shawano County).

The town's plan describes agriculture as primarily dairy and beef, with corn, soybeans, and alfalfa in rotation, one concentrated animal feeding operation over 1,000 animal units, one farm of 300 to 1,000 units, five smaller operations, and some irrigated potato and sweet corn production.

In 2017, 6 of the 81 jobs in the town were held by residents, about 75 workers commuted in, and 299 residents commuted out to work.

No list of major employers located in the Town of Elderon was found in a primary source; the plan names dairy farms as the source of on-site employment.

The Hatley Area Fire and Ambulance Service provides fire and ambulance service; the plan says the town co-owns it with other municipalities and holds an ISO fire rating of 9.

Police protection is provided by the Marathon County Sheriff's Department.

The plan notes that because the town borders Shawano County, cellular 911 calls may route to Shawano County's dispatch.

The plan says the Marathon County Public Library's Hatley Branch serves the Town of Elderon.

No hospital or clinic in the town was found; the plan names Aspirus Hospital and Marshfield Medical Center-Weston as the area hospitals.

Town office and officer addresses use Eland, WI 54427 (the treasurer's uses Hatley, WI 54440); no post office inside the town was confirmed.

Evergreen Rest Cemetery is on Black Cherry Drive just south of Elm Road, maintained by a cemetery association.

The plan lists Bass, Muddy, Lost, Rice, Pike, and Little lakes in or on the town's boundaries (Lilly Lake is in the Village). Pike Lake, on the western border, covers 204 acres with a maximum depth of 34 feet and has a boat launch.

GNIS points for Lilly Lake, Little Lake, Lost Lake, Muddy Lake, and Rice Lake fall inside the town's Census boundary.

The town has 307 acres of surface water; Spranger Creek, the South Branch of the Embarrass River, and Comet Creek cross it, and Comet Creek is classified as an Exceptional Resource Water.

Forest is the predominant land cover at 12,573 acres, including about 3,702 acres in Managed Forest Law, plus a Marathon County Forest unit of about 280 acres near Pike Lake with hiking and snowmobile trails.

The Mountain Bay Trail runs just north of the town, the Ice Age Trail passes along its west side, and snowmobile trails cross the township.

Recurring civic dates are the April annual meeting, the spring Board of Review, and cleanup days on the first Tuesdays of May and October; no community festival was found in a source read this session.

The town's site gives 1888 as its founding year, and the plan says the town originally included today's Town of Franzen.

Elderon began as a logging center in the 1880s; a Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western branch line had a depot in the Village, and potato, grain, and dairy farming later replaced logging.

The plan says Elderon was known for its Norwegian settlers and also had residents of Polish, German, and Scottish heritage.

No property in the town is on the National or State Register of Historic Places; the Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory lists several, including the 1880 Calvin P. Day Cabin.

The plan notes State Highway 29 may become a freeway in the future, which would close some intersections.

The plan says the town may have a pivotal role in Phase 4 (proposed fiber and fixed-wireless network design) of Marathon County's 2019 broadband assessment.

The town used its notices page for storm updates, including a March 17, 2026 report of 4- to 5-foot drifts on Pike Lake Road after a blizzard.

The plan reports no agricultural processing jobs in the Town of Elderon.