History:

"Northwoods Vacationland." Conover is located on U. S. Highway 45 just South of the Michigan border in the heart of the lakes region. Seth Conover, for whom the Town is named, traveled to this area from Plymouth on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway back in the late 1800's when logging was the only activity in these parts. His attraction to the areas was his love of hunting and fishing and he was consistently walking to the area around North Twin Lake. His consistent getting off the train at one specific spot later had the railroad men calling it the "Conover Stop" and it later appeared on railroad maps.

Conover was set aside from Eagle River on January 3, 1907 and later grew in size with the addition of more lands in 1914 and in 1920. Deeds show that Seth Conover had ownership of 73 acres of land on North Twin in 1891. He started the Twin Lakes Hunting Club which later became Lakota Resort. The popularity of the area drew an influx of visitors from the city. Once land was logged off, Scandinavian settlers who immigrated to the Iron Range of Northern Michigan then moved into the area where the logged off land was priced right and began to farm and start small business. "Up North" became a common term and tourism for all of Northern Wisconsin was born.

Today, Conover is approximately 100 square miles of a unique blend of forests, lakes, rivers and natural beauty in an area of over 600,000 acres of forests containing 1,200 lakes, 1,100 miles of trout streams and hundreds of miles of cross country ski trails, hiking, biking and snowmobile trails.
The headwaters of the Wisconsin River flows out of Lac Vieux Desert just a few miles Northeast of Conover and the scenic and historic river cuts through the heart of Conover. It offers a true wilderness canoe adventure as well as putting one in tune with nature and wildlife of all kinds.