List of counties in Wisconsin
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This is a list of 72 counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry.[1] Wisconsin's code is 55, which when combined with any county code would be written as 55XXX. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.[2]
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FIPS Code [2] |
County seat [3] |
Established [3] |
Formed from [4] |
Etymolgy [4] |
Population [3][5] |
Area [3][5] |
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| Adams County | 001 | Friendship | 1848 | Portage County | John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States | 18,643 | 648 sq mi (1,678 km²) |
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| Ashland County | 003 | Ashland | 1860 | unorganized territory | Ashland, Henry Clay's estate in Kentucky | 16,866 | 1,044 sq mi (2,704 km²) |
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| Barron County | 005 | Barron | 1859 | Dallas and Polk counties | Henry D. Barron, legislator and circuit court judge. | 44,963 | 863 sq mi (2,235 km²) |
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| Bayfield County | 007 | Washburn | 1845 | Ashland County | Henry Bayfield, British naval officer and first to survey the Great Lakes area | 15,013 | 1,476 sq mi (3,823 km²) |
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| Brown County | 009 | Green Bay | 1818 | unorganized territory | Major General Jacob Brown, a commanding general of the United States Army | 226,778 | 529 sq mi (1,370 km²) |
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| Buffalo County | 011 | Alma | 1853 | Trempealeau County | Buffalo River | 13,804 | 684 sq mi (1,772 km²) |
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| Burnett County | 013 | Siren | 1856 | Polk County | Thomas P. Burnett, state legislator | 15,674 | 822 sq mi (2,129 km²) |
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| Calumet County | 015 | Chilton | 1836 | unorganized territory | The French word for a Menominee peace pipe. | 40,631 | 320 sq mi (829 km²) |
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| Chippewa County | 017 | Chippewa Falls | 1845 | Crawford County | The Ojibwe nation of Native Americans (historically referred to as Chippewa) | 55,195 | 1,010 sq mi (2,616 km²) |
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| Clark County | 019 | Neillsville | 1853 | Crawford County | Either George Rogers Clark, Revolutionary War general, or A.W. Clark, founder of Clark's Mill | 33,557 | 1,216 sq mi (3,149 km²) |
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| Columbia County | 021 | Portage | 1846 | Portage County | Christopher Columbus, navigator and explorer | 52,468 | 774 sq mi (2,005 km²) |
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| Crawford County | 023 | Prairie du Chien | 1818 | unorganized territory | William Harrison Crawford, United States Senator from Georgia and Secretary of the Treasury | 17,243 | 573 sq mi (1,484 km²) |
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| Dane County | 025 | Madison | 1836 | unorganized territory | Nathan Dane, delegate to the First Continental Congress | 426,526 | 1,202 sq mi (3,113 km²) |
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| Dodge County | 027 | Juneau | 1836 | unorganized | Henry Dodge, Territorial Governor of Wisconsin | 85,897 | 882 sq mi (2,284 km²) |
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| Door County | 029 | Sturgeon Bay | 1851 | Brown County | A dangerous water passage near Door Peninsula known as porte des morts, or "door of the dead" in French | 27,961 | 483 sq mi (1,251 km²) |
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| Douglas County | 031 | Superior | 1854 | unorganized | Stephen Douglas, United States Senator | 43,287 | 1,309 sq mi (3,390 km²) |
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| Dunn County | 033 | Menomonie | 1854 | Chippewa County | Charles Dunn, state senator and chief justice of Wisconsin Territory | 39,858 | 852 sq mi (2,207 km²) |
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| Eau Claire County | 035 | Eau Claire | 1856 | Chippewa County | City of Eau Claire, itself French for "clear water" | 93,142 | 638 sq mi (1,652 km²) |
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| Florence County | 037 | Florence | 1882 | Marinette and Oconto Counties | Florence Julst, first white woman to settle in the area | 5,088 | 488 sq mi (1,264 km²) |
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| Fond du Lac County | 039 | Fond Du Lac | 1836 | unorganized territory | French for "bottom of the lake" | 97,296 | 723 sq mi (1,873 km²) |
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| Forest County | 041 | Crandon | 1885 | Langlade and Oconto Counties | Forest which covered the area when it was settled | 10,024 | 1,014 sq mi (2,626 km²) |
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| Grant County | 043 | Lancaster | 1836 | unorganized territory | A white Indian trader named Grant | 49,597 | 1,148 sq mi (2,973 km²) |
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| Green County | 045 | Monroe | 1836 | unorganized territory | Nathanael Greene, quartermaster general during the Revolutionary War | 33,647 | 584 sq mi (1,513 km²) |
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| Green Lake County | 047 | Green Lake | 1858 | Marquette District | Green Lake | 19,105 | 354 sq mi (917 km²) |
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| Iowa County | 049 | Dodgeville | 1829 | unorganized territory | Iowa tribe of Native Americans | 22,780 | 763 sq mi (1,976 km²) |
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| Iron County | 051 | Hurley | 1893 | Ashland and Onedia Counties | Local iron deposits | 6,861 | 757 sq mi (1,961 km²) |
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| Jackson County | 053 | Black River Falls | 1853 | La Crosse County | Andrew Jackson, President of the United States | 19,100 | 987 sq mi (2,556 km²) |
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| Jefferson County | 055 | Jefferson | 1836 | Milwaukee County | Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States | 74,021 | 557 sq mi (1,443 km²) |
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| Juneau County | 057 | Mauston | 1856 | Adams County | Solomon Juneau, founder of what would become Milwaukee | 24,316 | 768 sq mi (1,989 km²) |
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| Kenosha County | 059 | Kenosha | 1850 | Racine County | A Native American word meaning "place of the pike" | 149,577 | 273 sq mi (707 km²) |
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| Kewaunee County | 061 | Kewaunee | 1852 | Manitowoc County | Either a Pottowatomi word meaning "river of the lost" or a Ojibwe word meaning "praire hen", "wild duck" or "to go around" | 20,187 | 343 sq mi (888 km²) |
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| La Crosse County | 063 | La Crosse | 1851 | unorganized territory | The game lacrosse | 107,120 | 453 sq mi (1,173 km²) |
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| Lafayette County | 065 | Darlington | 1846 | Iowa County | The Marquis de La Fayette, French general in the Revolutionary War | 16,137 | 634 sq mi (1,642 km²) |
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| Langlade County | 067 | Antigo | 1879 | unorganized territory | Charles de Langlade, Revolutionary War veteran and United States Indian Agent in Green Bay | 20,740 | 873 sq mi (2,261 km²) |
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| Lincoln County | 069 | Merrill | 1874 | Marathon County | Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States | 29,641 | 883 sq mi (2,287 km²) |
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| Manitowoc County | 071 | Manitowoc | 1836 | unorganized territory | Munedoo-owk, a Ojibwe word meaning "the place of the good spirit" | 82,887 | 592 sq mi (1,533 km²) |
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| Marathon County | 073 | Wausau | 1850 | Portage County | Marathon, Greece | 125,834 | 1,545 sq mi (4,002 km²) |
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| Marinette County | 075 | Marinette | 1879 | Oconto | Marinette, trading post owner | 43,384 | 1,402 sq mi (3,631 km²) |
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| Marquette County | 077 | Montello | 1836 | Marquette District | Father Pere Jacques Marquette, missionary and explorer | 15,832 | 456 sq mi (1,181 km²) |
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| Menominee County | 078 | Keshena | 1961 | Menominee Indian Reservation | Menominee nation of Native Americans | 4,562 | 358 sq mi (927 km²) |
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| Milwaukee County | 079 | Milwaukee | 1835 | unorganized territory | Mahnawaukee-Seepe, a Native American word meaning "gathering place by the river" | 940,164 | 242 sq mi (627 km²) |
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| Monroe County | 081 | Sparta | 1854 | La Crosee County | James Monroe, President of the United States | 40,899 | 901 sq mi (2,334 km²) |
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| Oconto County | 083 | Oconto | 1851 | unorganized territory | A Native American settlement and the Oconto River, whose name means "plentiful with fish" | 35,634 | 998 sq mi (2,585 km²) |
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| Oneida County | 085 | Rhinelander | 1885 | Lincoln County | Oneida nation of Native Americans | 36,776 | 1,125 sq mi (2,914 km²) |
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| Outagamie County | 087 | Appleton | 1851 | Brown County | Outagamie nation of Native Americans | 160,971 | 640 sq mi (1,658 km²) |
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| Ozaukee County | 089 | Port Washington | 1853 | Milwaukee County | The Ojibwe word for the Sauk nation | 82,317 | 232 sq mi (601 km²) |
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| Pepin County | 091 | Durand | 1858 | Dun County | Pierre and Jean Pepin du Chardonnets, explorers | 7,213 | 232 sq mi (601 km²) |
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| Pierce County | 093 | Ellsworth | 1853 | Saint Croix County | Franklin Pierce, President of the United States | 36,804 | 576 sq mi (1,492 km²) |
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| Polk County | 095 | Balsam Lake | 1853 | Saint Croix County | James Polk, President of the United States | 41,319 | 917 sq mi (2,375 km²) |
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| Portage County | 097 | Stevens Point | 1836 | unorganized territory | The portage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers | 67,182 | 806 sq mi (2,088 km²) |
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| Price County | 099 | Phillips | 1879 | Chippewa and Lincoln Counties | W. T. Price, president of the Wisconsin Senate | 15,822 | 1,253 sq mi (3,245 km²) |
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| Racine County | 101 | Racine | 1836 | unorganized territory | Root (racine in French) River | 188,831 | 333 sq mi (862 km²) |
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| Richland County | 103 | Richland Center | 1842 | Iowa County | The rich soil of the area | 17,924 | 586 sq mi (1,518 km²) |
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| Rock County | 105 | Janesville | 1836 | unorganized territory | Rock River | 152,307 | 720 sq mi (1,865 km²) |
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| Rusk County | 107 | Ladysmith | 1901 | Chippewa County | Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Governor of Wisconsin | 15,347 | 913 sq mi (2,365 km²) |
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| Sauk County | 109 | Baraboo | 1840 | unorganized territory | Sauk nation of Native Americans | 55,225 | 838 sq mi (2,170 km²) |
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| Sawyer County | 111 | Hayward | 1883 | Oconto County | Philetus Sawyer, United States Representative and Senator from Wisconsin | 16,196 | 1,256 sq mi (3,253 km²) |
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| Shawano County | 113 | Shawano | 1853 | Oconto County | A Ojibwe word meaning "southern" | 40,664 | 893 sq mi (2,313 km²) |
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| Sheboygan County | 115 | Sheboygan | 1836 | unorganized territory | Shawb-wa-way-kun, a Native American word meaning "great noise underground" | 112,646 | 514 sq mi (1,331 km²) |
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| Saint Croix County | 117 | Hudson | 1840 | unorganized territory | St. Croix, explorer | 63,155 | 722 sq mi (1,870 km²) |
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| Taylor County | 119 | Medford | 1875 | Clark, Lincoln, Marathon and Chippewa Counties | William Robert Taylor, Governor of Wisconsin | 19,680 | 975 sq mi (2,525 km²) |
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| Trempealeau County | 121 | Whitehall | 1854 | Crawford and La Crosee Counties | Trempealeau Mountain | 27,010 | 734 sq mi (1,901 km²) |
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| Vernon County | 123 | Viroqua | 1851 | Richland and Crawford Counties | Mount Vernon, home of George Washington | 28,056 | 795 sq mi (2,059 km²) |
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| Vilas County | 125 | Eagle River | 1893 | Oneida County | William Vilas, officer in the Civil War, United States Postmaster General United States Secretary of the Interior and Senator from Wisconsin | 21,033 | 874 sq mi (2,264 km²) |
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| Walworth County | 127 | Elkhorn | 1836 | unorganized territory | Reuben Hyde Walworth, jurist from New York | 93,759 | 555 sq mi (1,437 km²) |
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| Washburn County | 129 | Shell Lake | 1883 | Burnett County | Cadwallader Washburn, Governor of Wisconsin and Representative from Wisconsin | 16,036 | 810 sq mi (2,098 km²) |
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| Washington County | 131 | West Bend | 1836 | unorganized territory | George Washington, President of the United States | 117,493 | 431 sq mi (1,116 km²) |
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| Waukesha County | 133 | Waukesha | 1846 | Milwaukee County | Waugooshance, a Pottawatomi word meaning "little foxes" | 360,767 | 556 sq mi (1,440 km²) |
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| Waupaca County | 135 | Waupaca | 1851 | Brown and Winnebago Counties | wau-pa-ka-ho-nak, a Menominee word meaning "white sand bottom" or "brave young hero" | 51,731 | 751 sq mi (1,945 km²) |
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| Waushara County | 137 | Wautoma | 1851 | Marquette County | A Native American word meaning "good earth" | 23,154 | 626 sq mi (1,621 km²) |
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| Winnebago County | 139 | Oshkosh | 1840 | unorganized territory | Winnebago nation of Native Americans | 156,763 | 439 sq mi (1,137 km²) |
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| Wood County | 141 | Wisconsin Rapids | 1856 | Portage County | Joseph Wood, state legislator | 75,555 | 793 sq mi (2,054 km²) |
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ FIPS Publish 6-4. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ a b EPA County FIPS Code Listing. US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ a b c d NACo - Find a county. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ a b WCA : County Directory. Wisconsin Counties Association. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ a b Wisconsin QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-02-11. (2000 Census)
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