Wausau is a city in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the Wisconsin River in central Wisconsin and had a population of 39,994 at the 2020 census. The Wausau metropolitan statistical area, consisting solely of Marathon County, had a population of 138,013.
Midwest
Wausau
Marathon County, WI
Population
39,906
Walk Score
88 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$898
Median home value
$147,000
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Andrew Warren Historic District · listed 1984
- East Hill Residential Historic District · listed 2004
- Highland Park Historic District · listed 2022
- Third Street Historic District
Notable landmarks
- Bird, C. B., House · listed 1980
- Dunbar, C. F., House · listed 1980
- Everest, D. C., House · listed 1980
- First Universalist Church · listed 1980
- Hotel Wausau · listed 2021
- Jones, Granville D., House · listed 1977
- Manson, Charles L. and Dorothy, House · listed 2016
- Marathon County Fairgrounds · listed 1980
- Marathon Shoe Company East Side Plant · listed 2017
- Marchetti, Louis, House · listed 1996
- Miller, Henry, House · listed 1982
- Northern Hotel
- Schuetz, E.K., House · listed 1980
- Single, Benjamin, House · listed 1980
- Stewart, Hiram C., House · listed 1974
- United States Post Office and Court House · listed 2012
- Washington House Hotel
- Wausau Club · listed 1989
- Wegner, C. H., House · listed 1980
- Wright, Duey and Julia, House · listed 1999
- Wright, Ely, House · listed 1982
- Yawkey, Cyrus C., House · listed 1974
- Zion Lutheran Church · listed 2024
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