Hazelhurst is an unincorporated community located in the town of Hazelhurst

Hazelhurst, Wisconsin

Hazelhurst is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,267 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Hazelhurst is located in the town.Hazelhurst describes itself as the "Quiet side of the North Woods."-Geography:...

, Oneida County

Oneida County, Wisconsin

Oneida County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 36,776. Its county seat is Rhinelander.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,236 square miles , of which 1,124 square miles is land and 111 square...

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Hazelhurst is located on U.S. Route 51

U.S. Route 51

U.S. Route 51 is a north–south United States highway that runs for 1,286 miles from the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana to within of the Wisconsin-Michigan border. Much of the highway in Illinois and southern Wisconsin runs parallel to or overlaps Interstate 39...

 19 miles (30.6 km) northwest of Rhinelander

Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Rhinelander is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 7,735 at the 2000 census.-Claim to fame:...

. Hazelhurst has a post office

Post office

A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...

 with ZIP code

ZIP Code

ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...

 54531.

History

Businessman Cyrus C. Yawkey

Cyrus C. Yawkey

Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey was an American businessman and politician.Born in Chicago, Illinois, he moved with his family to Saginaw, Michigan where he was educated. Started out as a clerk and then owned a business. He then moved to Wisconsin and started a sawmill in present day Hazelhurst, Wisconsin...

 started a sawmill in present day Hazelhurst which became the Yawkey Lumber Company. Yawkey served on the Hazelhurst town board, the Oneida County board of supervisors, and the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....

.