Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vilas County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 21,033. Its county seat is Eagle River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,018 square miles (2,636 km²), of which, 874 square miles (2,263 km²) of it is land and 144 square miles (373 km²) of it (14.16%) is water. There are 1,318 lakes in the county.Although these two forests have been administratively combined into the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, it is important to note that the county contains portions of both original forests.