Packwaukee is a town in Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States.

The unincorporated communities of Buffalo Shore Estates and Packwaukee are located in the town.

Pioneer missionary priest Father Verwyst claimed the name came from the Ojibwa word for "forest opening.

"[4] In the Menominee language, it is called Paehkuahkiw, which means "small round elevation, hillock".

27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Packwaukee was settled in 1849 by E. Pettengill, E. T. Older, C. G. Barker, Jesse Older, William Ewen, David Phelps, S. A. Pease, John Chapman, E. King, and Samuel Wayman.