Town of Norrie, Marathon County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

No list of major employers located in the Town of Norrie was found in a primary source; the draft plan describes only agriculture and scattered commercial establishments.

The town says large-item pickup dates are advertised 'in the local paper' but does not name the paper; no official newspaper was confirmed.

No hospital or clinic is located in the town; the draft plan lists nearby clinics in the Villages of Wittenberg and Birnamwood and hospitals in Wausau, Antigo, and Weston.

The municipality is the Town of Norrie, a civil town in Marathon County, Wisconsin (Census county subdivision GEOID 5507357600).

Norrie is a town (civil town), governed by a town chairman and two supervisors, not a city or village.

The Town of Norrie (GEOID 5507357600) contains the unincorporated community of Norrie, which GNIS places near 44.8855, -89.2543; the town borders the separately incorporated Village of Hatley and Village of Birnamwood.

Norrie is in eastern Marathon County, bounded by the Town of Plover to the north, the Town of Ringle to the west, the Town of Birnamwood (Shawano County) to the east, and the Town of Elderon to the south.

The Town of Norrie covers 34.535 square miles of land and 0.614 square miles of water.

The town's Census internal point is near 44.906129, -89.304312.

The draft plan describes development in the town as dominated by agriculture, with pockets of residences and scattered commercial establishments; the town is not zoned.

The 2020 Census counted 1,010 residents in the Town of Norrie.

The Wisconsin DOA estimates Norrie's population at 1,018 as of January 1, 2025.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of Norrie's population is 1,103 (+/-215).

The ACS 2019-2023 median age in Norrie is 36.8 years (+/-5).

The ACS 2019-2023 median household income in Norrie is $97,222 (+/-$11,635).

The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes in Norrie is $233,100 (+/-$8,904).

The draft plan reports 570 employed residents in 2023, up from 520 in 2010, with a 0.5 percent unemployment rate; management and professional occupations were the largest group (175 workers).

Sid King is Town Chairman.

Robert Strupp and Jordan Liethen are Town Supervisors.

Carla Georgi is Town Clerk (715-432-5036, [email address]).

Laura Hable is Town Treasurer.

The Town Board meets at the town hall on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.; 2026 dates run from January 12 through December 14.

The 2026 Annual Meeting was set for April 14, 2026, at 7 p.m., and the 2026 budget hearing and special meeting of electors for November 9, 2026, before the regular board meeting.

The town posts agendas, minutes, and packets on its website through the Town Web platform, and residents can subscribe to email notices for news, agendas, minutes, and packets.

The town's physical address is 183453 Cornell Street, Birnamwood, WI 54414, and its mailing address is 224971 County Road D, Birnamwood.

The town's official website is townofnorrie.org.

The town is updating its comprehensive plan: a 2026 draft prepared with the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission is linked alongside the 2016 and 2006 plans.

A town building permit is required for construction and remodeling valued at $5,000 or more, and the town sets a 2-acre minimum lot size for a new residence.

2026 election dates posted by the town are the Spring Primary February 17 (D.C. Everest school district voting only), Spring Election April 7, Partisan Primary August 11, and General Election November 3.

Weekly garbage and recycling pickup is every Friday, and large-item pickup occurs once in the spring and once in the fall.

Two unified school districts cover the town: Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District (about 92 percent of the town's area) and D.C. Everest Area School District (about 8 percent, around Hatley).

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.

D C Everest Area School District (NCES 5513170) is a PK-12 district of 12 schools with 5,847 students in 2024-25, based at 6100 Alderson St, Weston.

The draft plan says Norrie students in the Wittenberg-Birnamwood district attend Birnamwood Elementary at 337 Main Street in Birnamwood and the high school at 400 W Grand Ave in Wittenberg.

Marathon County had 3,436 business establishments and 65,770 paid employees in 2023, including 18,923 in manufacturing.

The draft plan says Norrie is primarily served by the volunteer Birnamwood fire department, with some residents served by the Hatley Fire District.

The Hatley Area Fire and Ambulance District covers a portion of the Town of Norrie, along with the Towns of Bevent, Elderon, and Reid and the Village of Hatley.

Police protection for the town is provided by the Marathon County Sheriff's Office, which also runs E-911 dispatch.

The draft plan says Norrie is served by the Marathon County library system, a municipal library in Hatley, and the Birnamwood Branch of the Shawano County Library.

The Norrie Town Hall is a multi-use facility used for town meetings, reunions, and receptions, and residents can rent it at a discounted rate.

The draft plan lists four cemeteries in the town: St. Philomena Catholic near Birnamwood, Eland on Highway OO, Hillcrest near Norrie Lake, and St. Francis Catholic on Highway D.

Hillcrest Cemetery is run by the Hillcrest Cemetery Association; as of May 1, 2026 a single plot costs $1,000.

Town addresses use Birnamwood, WI 54414.

The draft plan names Bohnes, Mud, Mayflower, Norrie, Go-To-It, and Bass lakes in the town, with public access to Mud, Mayflower, Bass, and Norrie lakes.

The town owns public access points on Mayflower, Mud, and Norrie lakes, and Marathon County manages a public beach at Norrie Lake; the town owns no public parks.

Mayflower Lake is one of 11 lakes in the Eastern Lakes Management plan and has its own lake district, which holds its annual district meeting at the Norrie Town Hall.

The Mountain-Bay Trail runs through Norrie on the former Chicago & North Western rail corridor; Marathon County's section opened in 1996.

The Hatley Snowmobile Club, founded in 1971, maintains 43.5 miles of trail, including 18 miles of the Mountain-Bay trail, from a clubhouse at 182600 County Road DD, Birnamwood.

The Norrie Sportsman Club is listed in the town directory, with its own website at norriesportsmanclub.com.

USGS GNIS records Norrie Lake at 44.8846492, -89.263877 and a stream named Norrie Brook in Marathon County.

Recurring town dates include spring and fall cleanup days (May 15 and October 16, 2026), the April annual meeting, and the November budget hearing; the Hatley Snowmobile Club holds a March fundraiser and a July calendar raffle.

State Highway 29, a four-lane divided principal arterial, crosses the town and is its designated truck route; the town has no rail access.

The town was named for Gordon Norrie, a longtime treasurer of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad, and grew after that railroad was built through the town toward Wausau in 1880.

Sawmills and logging followed for about two decades; as logging declined, German, Scandinavian, and Polish farmers settled, and the lakes drew Wausau families who built lake homes, served by a hotel in Norrie.