Tomahawk is a city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States.

After the 1837 cession, the practical situation changed only slightly: the federal survey teams had not arrived yet, logging activity was still light, and Ojibwe continued to actively occupy the general area.

[7] Even after this treaty, the region was largely public domain land and the treaties allowed the Ojibwe usufructory rights to hunt, fish, gather wild rice and make maple sugar.

Logging activity from the Tomahawk River upstream began about 1860 and surged after the Civil War.

By 1880 several families were living close to Tomahawk-Wisconsin river confluence, including owning property within the present city limits of Tomahawk.

[13] Tomahawk traditionally traces its founding to the establishment of the construction camps for a dam and the railroad in 1886.

The Tomahawk Land and Boom Company was owned 51 percent by the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul railroad, and 49 percent by the Land, Log and Lumber Company (Bradley and his partners).

The dam was a large capital investment for the era, and was one of the largest in the world when it was completed.

The town site was platted in 1887, with lots sold in Milwaukee that summer.

[15] Among the events highlighting Tomahawk's history since that time are: A neighborhood in the southern part of the city is known as "Frenchtown" or "French Town".

[23] However, among Tomahawk's original settlers were many French speakers, from Canada as well as elsewhere in the United States, including Germain Bourchard, as well as early property owners such as Albert King and Gilbert Vallier.

Mohawksin is a concatenation of the last syllable of the three rivers that flow into it – the Somo, the Tomahawk and the Wisconsin.

Located three miles west of the city, the airport handles approximately 7,200 operations per year, with roughly 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi.