Vilas County was established in the year 1893 and it was named after William Freeman Vilas. The area covered by the county measures 1,018 sq mi. With a 21K people with an amalgamation of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others living in this county, the territory hosts an estimated 9K households and 6,000 family units. Eagle River is the county seat and the largest city.

Being a fatty combination of both the vital as well as public records archives, the Vilas County data site today conveys information on ancestral SSN, naturalization and immigration history, land and property allocation deeds, birth certificate information, death and obituary news, wedding and separation details, adoption particulars, probate records, World War I&II and American civil war records, military duty specifics, civil court proceedings, census archive and so on.