Village of White Lake, Langlade County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

No list of major employers in the Village of White Lake was found in a primary source.

No newspaper of record for White Lake's notices was identified.

The municipality is the Village of White Lake, an incorporated village in Langlade County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5586750).

White Lake is a village whose board is a village president and trustees.

The village is distinct from the lake named White Lake beside it, from the surrounding Town of Wolf River (whose clerk also uses a White Lake mailing address), and from a White Lake in Shawano County.

The Village of White Lake covers 2.101 square miles of land and 0.291 square miles of water.

The village's Census internal point is near 45.159693, -88.763418.

The village sits in eastern Langlade County, surrounded by the Town of Wolf River, about four miles west of the Wolf River and State Highway 55.

The village office is at 615 School Street, White Lake, WI 54491, open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; phone 715-882-8501.

The 2020 Census counted 262 residents in the Village of White Lake.

The Wisconsin DOA estimates White Lake's population at 259 as of January 1, 2025.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for White Lake is 261, from a 2020 estimates base of 263.

White Lake had 363 residents at the 2010 census.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of White Lake's population is 204 (+/-40).

The ACS 2019-2023 median age in White Lake is 56 years (+/-6.9).

The ACS 2019-2023 median household income in White Lake is $41,875 (+/-$15,632).

The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes in White Lake is $133,800 (+/-$33,243).

Tom Edelman is Village President.

Patsy Listle and Bill Frasch are Village Trustees.

Carol Blawat is Clerk-Treasurer, reachable at 715-882-8501 and [email address]

The Village Board meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the White Lake Community Center, 615 School Street.

Agendas post on the public bulletin board, the Community Center bulletin board, at WL Market, and on the village website, and the website keeps an agenda archive back to 2023.

Residents can sign up for village news and alerts by email or text.

The September 8, 2026 agenda carries economic development items on a business hub at 604 Bissell St and an industrial park, including Resolution 04-2026 on the sale of 604 Bissell St and an adjoining one-acre parcel, plus cameras for the pavilion and beach area.

The whole village lies within the White Lake School District.

The White Lake School District (NCES 5516590), at 405 Bissell St, runs 3 schools from PK-12 and enrolled 184 students in 2024-25.

White Lake Elementary, White Lake Middle and White Lake High all share the 405 Bissell St address.

The district fields football, volleyball, boys and girls basketball and baseball, and runs a fitness center.

NorthLakes - White Lake, a federally qualified health center site at 524 Bissell St operated by Lakes Community Health Center, Inc., serves the village, and the same operator runs a school-based site at the White Lake School District.

The White Lake Branch library outlet is at 615 School St, the same address as the village office.

The White Lake Fire Department is recruiting members; its duties include crash scenes, medical first response until the ambulance arrives, search and rescue, mutual aid and commercial fire inspections.

A post office called White Lake has operated since 1916.

The village website links a Water Quality Report and a bill-payment page for village customers.

The village website keeps a 'Business Hub-Commercial Rental Opportunities' page alongside Local Businesses and Local Organizations pages.

White Lake, the lake the village is named for, is a GNIS-named lake in Langlade County at 45.1644715, -88.7681984, and White Lake Creek flows nearby.

The village runs an electronic recycling program on the first Saturday of every month, 8 a.m. to noon, open to anyone and cash only.

The village posted a 2026 celebration poster, filed under an Independence Day 2026 image name; the event's date and program were not read.

The lake's name comes from the white sand and marl on its bottom, a name given by Native Americans who hunted and fished there.

White Lake grew after a lumber mill opened at the end of 1916 and the Wisconsin Northern moved its depot there from Van Ostrand. Van Ostrand was later abandoned, and White Lake incorporated as a village in 1926.