Town of Hewitt, Marathon County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

No list of major employers located in the Town of Hewitt was found in a primary source, and no town comprehensive plan was reached this session.

No newspaper specific to the Town of Hewitt was named in any source read this session; the town posts its notices on its website bulletin board.

The law enforcement provider for the town was not stated in any source read this session.

No hospital or clinic in the town was found in a source read this session.

No town park, trail, or public recreation site was found in a source read this session.

The Town of Hewitt is a civil town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, Census county subdivision GEOID 5507334225 (USGS GNIS 01583383).

The Town of Hewitt covers 43.478 square miles of land and 0 square miles of water.

The town's Census internal point is near 45.075103, -89.418896.

The 2020 Census counted 636 residents in the Town of Hewitt.

The Wisconsin DOA estimates the Town of Hewitt's population at 653 as of January 1, 2025, a change of +17 from 2020.

DOA estimates 511 voting-age residents in the Town of Hewitt for 2025 (494 at the 2020 Census).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of the Town of Hewitt's population is 540 (+/-86).

The ACS 2019-2023 median age in the Town of Hewitt is 52.8 years (+/-3.7).

The ACS 2019-2023 median household income in the Town of Hewitt is $75,192 (+/-$36,289).

The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes in the Town of Hewitt is $212,300 (+/-$22,789).

The state Municipal Data System lists the Town of Hewitt (DOA code 37040) clerk as Trudi Sturzenegger, phone 715-432-0948, with a mailing address of 243391 County Rd Q, Wausau, WI 54403-5369 (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 Marathon County Public Library (main library) at 300 N. First St., Wausau (about 13.1 miles straight-line).

The town's official website, at townofhewitt.wi.gov, is titled 'Town of Hewitt, WI'.

The Town of Hewitt in Marathon County is a different municipality from the Village of Hewitt in Wood County (DOA code 72122, 2020 Census 796); GNIS's populated place named Hewitt (44.6449629, -90.1001309) is the Wood County village, not this town.

USGS GNIS records a populated place named Glandon at 45.088856, -89.4270629, inside the Town of Hewitt's Census boundary.

The Census Gazetteer records no water area for the town, though the GNIS point for the Little Nienow Flowage (a named reservoir) falls inside its boundary.

Adam Holbrook is Town Chairperson.

Robert Fenske and Ben Anderson are Town Supervisors.

Trudi Sturzenegger is Town Clerk (715-432-0948; [email address]).

Jackie Juedes is Town Treasurer.

Moeller Assessments, LLC is the assessor, and zoning is handled by Marathon County (715-261-6000).

The town's listed address is 243391 County Road Q, which the MDS record gives as a Wausau, WI 54403 mailing address.

Town Board meetings are the second Monday of every month at the Town Hall at 6:00 p.m. and are open to the public.

The home page bulletin board posts the next agenda and the latest minutes: an agenda for the September 14, 2026 board meeting, draft minutes from September, and approved minutes from August 10, 2026.

The website's bulletin board is where agendas, minutes, fee schedules, the budget, and the annual report post; physical posting locations were not found in a source read this session.

The 2026 Annual Town Meeting was held April 21, 2026, and its minutes, a 2026 annual report letter, and a 2026 budget summary are posted.

The board revised its fee schedule for private driveways on September 14, 2026, and Resolution TH 2025-01 sets dog license fees.

Residents can rent the Town Hall for $40 per event, booked through the clerk.

The town is recruiting part- to full-time help for its road crew (grading, gravel hauling, culverts), with heavy-equipment experience required.

A town electronics recycling event collected 1,886 pounds of e-waste.

The Wausau School District covers the whole Town of Hewitt.

Wausau School District (NCES 5515900) is a PK-12 district of 18 schools with 7,738 students in 2024-25, based at 415 Seymour St, Wausau.

The Wausau School District's Hewitt-Texas Elementary is at T10331 Quarry Rd, Wausau (NCES 551590002051); its NCES geocode falls outside the Town of Hewitt's Census boundary.

The FCC transmitter site for WBCV (107.9 FM, licensed to Wausau) at 45.05911, -89.43622 lies inside the Town of Hewitt.

FCC transmitter sites for WTPX-TV (channel 19, licensed to Antigo) at 45.05917, -89.43611 and for WZAW-LD and W36EI-D (licensed to Wausau) at 45.05611, -89.465 lie inside the town.

The town runs its own Town of Hewitt Fire Department, led by Fire Chief Robin Siikarla, providing firefighting, fire inspections, and prevention education.

The department's medical responders are state-licensed Emergency Medical Responders who stabilize patients until a Wausau ambulance arrives; the City of Wausau Fire Department provides Advanced Life Support and transport.

The department works most often with the Town of Easton, Pine River, the Town of Ringle, the Town of Texas, and the Town of Wausau on mutual aid, and can be paged through MABAS.

Town addresses carry a Wausau, WI 54403 mailing address; no post office inside the town was confirmed.

GNIS points for the Little Nienow Flowage and for Prospect Creek (a stream GNIS assigns to Lincoln County) fall inside the town's boundary.

Hewitt Community Day, the fire department's open house with lunch and raffles, is posted for June 14, and the department plans an annual fundraiser.

After lightning set three barns on fire in July 1969, residents voted on May 19, 1970 to form a volunteer fire department with a 12-member roster; a fire station with a 6,000-gallon underfloor water tank followed in 1972.

Wikipedia gives 1894 as the year the Town of Hewitt was founded.