Village of Stetsonville, Taylor County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

No list of major employers in Stetsonville was found in a primary source; the village FAQ notes that snowplowing gives precedence to the village's industrial areas.

The fire and EMS provider for the village was not confirmed from a source fetched this session.

The municipality is the Village of Stetsonville in Taylor County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5577100; county subdivision GEOID 5511977100; WI DOA code 61181).

Stetsonville is an incorporated village, governed by a village board of a president and four trustees.

The village covers 0.399 square miles of land and no measured water area.

The village's Census internal point is near 45.077056, -90.314273.

Before incorporation the community was part of the Town of Little Black to the west and the Town of Deer Creek to the east.

The 2020 Census counted 563 residents in the Village of Stetsonville.

The Wisconsin DOA estimates Stetsonville's population at 562 as of January 1, 2025; the Census Vintage 2024 estimate is 556 for July 1, 2024.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of Stetsonville's population is 632 (+/-130).

The ACS 2019-2023 median age in Stetsonville is 41.2 years (+/-7.8).

The ACS 2019-2023 median household income in Stetsonville is $54,567 (+/-$6,952).

The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes in Stetsonville is $178,300 (+/-$20,183).

The village board is President Greg Brunner and Trustees Al Riemer, Stephanie Bohn, Tyler Lemke, and Will McCarron; members serve two-year terms elected on alternating years.

Tia M. Kancilia is the appointed Clerk/Treasurer, in a one-person office on the north side of the Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library building at 105 N. Gershwin Street (715-678-2191; mailing PO Box 219).

Regular monthly village board meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. at the Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library; agenda requests go to the clerk by noon the previous Wednesday.

The village Agendas & Minutes page names its posting sites as the Stetsonville Post Office, the Village Shop, and the Village Hall North Bulletin Board (the Village Board page instead lists the Clerk's Office, Post Office, Village Shop, and website); the page lists 2026 agendas and minutes through the September 14, 2026 meeting.

The official website is villageofstetsonvillewi.gov.

The village board approved a resolution on July 13, 2026 setting new sewer rates effective August 1, 2026.

The Star News reported in November 2025 that the City of Medford would provide short-term financing to Stetsonville for a sewer regionalization project, and in October 2025 that village incomes were too high to qualify for a community development block grant for it.

The public works department has two full-time employees responsible for the water system, wastewater system, streets, and snowplowing.

The village lies entirely within the Medford Area Public School District (NCES 5508940), a PK-12 district of 5 schools with 3,220 students in 2024-25.

Stetsonville Elementary, a Medford district school serving grades K-4, is at W5338 County Road A, Stetsonville.

Taylor County had 482 business establishments and 6,986 paid employees in 2023, including 2,627 in manufacturing.

The Star News of Medford (Central Wisconsin Publications) covers Stetsonville village board business, including 2026 stories on monitoring upgrades, sewer rates, a website overhaul, and the Dairyland Rail Commission.

The Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library is the public library in Stetsonville; the village office occupies the north side of its building at 105 N. Gershwin Street.

The Centennial Community Center is a joint venture of the Village of Stetsonville and the Towns of Deer Creek and Little Black, operated by a hall board.

Stetsonville has a post office, which the village names as an official posting site.

The village site posted an American Legion Pancake Breakfast notice on August 24, 2026.

The village trash and recycling site at the Village Shop (Mink Street and Sunrise Court, by the water tower) is open Wednesdays 5-7 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; recyclables are accepted at no charge.

The library is open Monday through Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday noon to 4:00 p.m., and its book club meets the third Wednesday of the month.

The village Schools page also lists Medford Elementary, Medford Middle, and Medford Senior High, Immanuel Lutheran Elementary (K-8), Holy Rosary Elementary (3K-6), and Rural Virtual Academy (PreK-12).

The village FAQ says County Highway A and Highway 13 are the responsibility of the Taylor County Highway Department, and the village runs its own water and sewer utilities.

The Star News reported that the planned reconstruction of County Highway A through Stetsonville could be delayed depending on state funding.

Stetsonville was incorporated in 1949; its history dates to the 1870s, when Isaiah F. Stetson established a sawmill there, and the village header gives 'Est. 1874'.