WayfarrowKaiser
Ghost town · Price County, Wisconsin
Kaiser is a ghost town in Price County, Wisconsin, recorded as human settlement in Price County, Wisconsin, United States of America. It is one of 3 former communities in Price County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 41 Wisconsin counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Kaiser as a historical populated place on the Butternut Lake topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 45.9097° N, 90.5516° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Butternut Lake |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,501 ft |
| Nearest living town | Park Falls, WI |
| Distance to it | 5.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1833517 |
| Coordinates | 45.90968, -90.55155 |
What's there now
Kaiser is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Park Falls, WI (population 2,308), about 5.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,501 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Kennedyghost town · Price County · 5.1 mi
- Coolidgeghost town · Price County · 9.7 mi
- Smith Rapids Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Price County · 18.3 mi
- Lake Owenghost town · Bayfield County · 41.9 mi
- Mansonghost town · Oneida County · 49.1 mi
Questions
Where is Kaiser?
Kaiser is in Price County, Wisconsin, at 45.9097, -90.5516.
How many ghost towns are in Price County?
Price County, Wisconsin has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.