| County |
County Seat |
Created |
Origin |
Named For |
Host |
Map |
Mailing List |
| Adams County |
Friendship |
1848 |
Portage |
John Quincy Adams, President of the United States |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
| Ashland County |
Ashland |
1860 |
Unorganized |
Ashland, Henry Clay's Estate in KY |
Jan Cortez |
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Mailing List |
| Bad Axe |
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1851 |
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renamed Vernon County 1862 |
Defunct |
No Map |
No Mailing List |
| Barron County |
Barron |
1874 |
Dalles and Polk |
Henry D Barron, legislator and circuit court judge |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Bayfield County |
Washburn |
1866 |
Ashland |
Henry Bayfield, Royal naval officer and first to survey the Great Lakes area |
Jan Cortez |
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Mailing List |
| Brown County |
Green Bay |
1818 |
Unorganized |
Maj Gen Jacob Brown, a commanding general of the United States Army during the War of 1812 |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Buffalo County |
Alma |
1853 |
Trempealeau |
The Buffalo River, which flows through the county |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Burnett County |
Siren |
1856 |
Polk |
Thomas P Burnett, state legislator |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Calumet County |
Chilton |
1836 |
Unorganized |
The French word for a Menominee pipe |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Chippewa County |
Chippewa Falls |
1845 |
Crawford |
The Ojibwe nation of Native Americans |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Clark County |
Neillsville |
1853 |
Crawford |
Either George Rogers Clark (1752-1812), Revolutionary War general, or A.W. Clark, founder of Clark's Mill |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Columbia County |
Portage |
1846 |
Portage |
Christopher Columbus |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
| Crawford County |
Prairie du Chien |
1818 |
Unorganized |
William Harris Crawford, United States Senator from Georgia and Secretary of the Treasury |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Dallas County |
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1859 |
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Renamed Barron County 1874 |
Defunct |
No Map |
No Mailing List |
| Dane County |
Madison |
1836 |
Unorganized |
Nathan Dane, delegate to the First Continental Congress |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
| Dodge County |
Juneau |
1836 |
Unorganized |
Henry Dodge, Territorial Governor of Wisconsin |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
| Door County |
Sturgeon Bay |
1851 |
Brown |
A dangerous water passage near Door Peninsula known as porte des morts, or "door of the dead" in French |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Douglas County |
Superior |
1854 |
Unorganized |
Stephen Douglas, US Senator |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Dunn County |
Menomonie |
1854 |
Chippewa |
Charles Dunn, state senator and chief justice of Wisconsin Territory |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Eau Claire County |
Eau Claire |
1856 |
Chippewa |
City of Eau Claire, itself French for "clear water" |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Florence County |
Florence |
1882 |
Marinette and Oconto |
Florence Julst, first white woman to settle in the area |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Fond du Lac County |
Fond du Lac |
1836 |
Unorganized |
French for "foot of the lake" |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Forest County |
Crandon |
1885 |
Langlade and Oconto |
Forest which covered most of the area |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Gates County |
1901 |
Chippewa County |
Renamed Rusk County 1905 |
Defunct |
Defunct |
No Map |
No Mailing List |
| Grant County |
Lancaster |
1836 |
Unorganized |
A trader named Grant |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
| Green County |
Monroe |
1836 |
Unorganized |
Nathanael Greene, quartermaster general during the American Revolutionary War |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
| Green Lake County |
Green Lake |
1858 |
Marquette |
Green Lake, located within the county |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Iowa County |
Dodgeville |
1829 |
Unorganized |
Iowa tribe of Native Americans |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
| Iron County |
Hurley |
1893 |
Ashland and Oneida |
Local iron deposits |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Jackson County |
Black River Falls |
1853 |
LaCrosse |
Andrew Jackson, President of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Jefferson County |
Jefferson |
1836 |
Milwaukee |
Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Juneau County |
Mauston |
1856 |
Adams |
Solomon Juneau, founder of what would become Milwaukee |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Kenosha County |
Kenosha |
1850 |
Racine |
A Native American word meaning "place of the pike" |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Kewaunee County |
Kewaunee |
1852 |
Manitowoc |
Either a Potawatomi word meaning "river of the lost" or a Ojibwe word meaning "prairie hen", "wild duck" or "to go around" |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| LaCrosse County |
LaCrosse |
1851 |
Unorganized |
The Native American version of lacrosse |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Lafayette County |
Darlington |
1846 |
Iowa |
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, a French general in the American Revolutionary War |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
| Langlade County |
Antigo |
1881 |
New |
Charles de Langlade, American Revolutionary War veteran and United States Indian Agent in Green Bay |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| LaPointe County |
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1845 |
St Croix |
Renamed Bayfield 1866 |
Defunct |
No Map |
No Mailing List |
| Lincoln County |
Merrill |
1874 |
Marathon |
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States |
Mary Saggio |
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Mailing List |
| Manitowoc County |
Manitowoc |
1836 |
Unorganized |
Munedoo-owk, a Ojibwe word meaning "the place of the good spirit" |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Marathon County |
Wausau |
1850 |
Portage |
Marathon, Greece |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Marinette County |
Marinette |
1879 |
Oconto |
Marinette Trading Post |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Marquette County |
Montello |
1836 |
Marquette District |
Father Pere Jacques Marquette, missionary and explorer |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Menominee County |
Keshena |
1961 |
Menominee Indian Reservation |
Menominee nation of Native Americans |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Milwaukee County |
Milwaukee |
1835 |
Unorganized |
Mahnawaukee-Seepe, a Native American word meaning "gathering place by the river" |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Monroe County |
Sparta |
1854 |
LaCrosse |
James Monroe, President of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| New County |
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1879 |
Oconto |
Renamed Langlade 1881 |
Defunct |
No Map |
No Mailing List |
| Oconto County |
Oconto |
1851 |
Unorganized |
A Native American settlement and the Oconto River, whose name means "plentiful with fish" |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Oneida County |
Rhinelander |
1885 |
Lincoln |
Oneida nation of Native Americans |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Outagamie County |
Appleton |
1851 |
Brown |
Outagamie nation of Native Americans |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Ozaukee County |
Port Washington |
1853 |
Milwaukee |
The Ojibwe word for the Sauk nation |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Pepin County |
Durand |
1858 |
Dunn |
Pierre and Jean Pepin du Chardonnets, explorers |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Pierce County |
Ellsworth |
1853 |
St Croix |
Franklin Pierce, President of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Polk County |
Balsam Lake |
1853 |
St Croix |
James Polk, President of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Portage County |
Stevens Point |
1836 |
Unorganized |
Passage between Fox and Wisconsin Rivers |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Price County |
Phillips |
1879 |
Chippewa and Lincoln |
William T Price, President of the Wisconsin Senate |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Racine County |
Racine |
1836 |
Unorganized |
Racine, the French word for "root", after the Root River, which flows through the county |
Jan Cortez |
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Mailing List |
| Richland County |
Richland Center |
1842 |
Iowa |
The rich soil of the area |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Rock County |
Janesville |
1836 |
Unorganized |
The Rock River, which flows through the county |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
| Rusk County |
Ladysmith |
1905 |
Gates |
Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Governor of Wisconsin |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| St Croix County |
Hudson |
1840 |
Unorganized |
St Croix, French explorer |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Sauk County |
Baraboo |
1840 |
Unorganized |
Sauk nation of Native Americans |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
| Sawyer County |
Hayward |
1883 |
Oconto |
Philetus Sawyer, United States Representative and Senator from Wisconsin |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Shawano County |
Shawano |
1853 |
Oconto |
An Ojibwe word meaning "southern" |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Sheboygan County |
Sheboygan |
1836 |
Unorganized |
Shawb-wa-way-kun, a Native American word meaning "great noise underground" |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Taylor County |
Medford |
1875 |
Clark, Lincoln, Marathon and Chippewa |
William Robert Taylor, Governor of Wisconsin |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Trempealeau County |
Whitehall |
1854 |
Crawford and LaCrosse |
Trempealeau Mountain (from the French for "mountain with its foot in the water"), a bluff located in a bend of the Trempealeau River, which flows through the county |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Vernon County |
Viroqua |
1862 |
Bad Axe |
Mount Vernon, Home of George Washington |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Vilas County |
Eagle River |
1893 |
Oneida |
William Vilas, officer in the Civil War, United States Postmaster General, US Secretary of the Interior, and Senator from Wisconsin |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Walworth County |
Elkhorn |
1836 |
Unorganized |
Reuben Hyde Walworth, jurist from New York |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Washburn County |
Shell Lake |
1883 |
Burnett |
Cadwallader Washburn, Governor of Wisconsin and Representative from Wisconsin |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Washington County |
West Bend |
1836 |
Unorganized |
George Washington, First US President |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Waukesha County |
Waukesha |
1846 |
Milwaukee |
Waugooshance, a Pottawatomi word meaning "little foxes" |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Waupaca County |
Waupace |
1851 |
Brown and Winnebago |
wau-pa-ka-ho-nak, a Menominee word meaning "white sand bottom" or "brave young hero" |
ADOPTABLE |
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Mailing List |
| Waushara County |
Wautoma |
1851 |
Marquette |
A Native American word meaning "good earth" |
Jan Cortez |
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Mailing List |
| Winnebago County |
Oshkosh |
1840 |
Unorganized |
Winnebago nation of Native Americans |
Jan Cortez |
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Mailing List |
| Wood County |
Wisconsin Rapids |
1856 |
Portage |
Joseph Wood, state legislator |
Jeanne Hicks |
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Mailing List |
