List of counties in Wisconsin
List of counties

List of counties in Wisconsin

Section Title: List of counties
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County	FIPS code	County seat	Established	Formed from	Etymology	Population	Area	Map

Adams County	001	Friendship	1848	Portage County	John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), President of the United States (1825-29)	20,875	645.65 sq mi (1,672 km2)	State map highlighting Adams County

Ashland County	003	Ashland	1860	La Pointe County	Ashland, Henry Clay's estate in Kentucky	16,157	1,045.04 sq mi (2,707 km2)	State map highlighting Ashland County

Barron County	005	Barron	1859	Polk County	Henry D. Barron, state senator and circuit court judge.	45,870	862.71 sq mi (2,234 km2)	State map highlighting Barron County

Bayfield County	007	Washburn	1845	St. Croix County	Henry Bayfield, Royal naval officer and first to survey Great Lakes area	15,014	1,477.86 sq mi (3,828 km2)	State map highlighting Bayfield County

Brown County	009	Green Bay	1818	unorganized territory	Major General Jacob Brown (1775-1828), commanding general of the United States Army during the War of 1812	248,007	529.71 sq mi (1,372 km2)	State map highlighting Brown County

Buffalo County	011	Alma	1853	Trempealeau County	The Buffalo River, which flows through the county.	13,587	671.64 sq mi (1,740 km2)	State map highlighting Buffalo County

Burnett County	013	Siren	1856	Polk County	Thomas P. Burnett, state legislator	15,457	821.85 sq mi (2,129 km2)	State map highlighting Burnett County

Calumet County	015	Chilton	1836	Brown County, Wisconsin	The French word for a Menominee Ceremonial pipe.	48,971	318.24 sq mi (824 km2)	State map highlighting Calumet County

Chippewa County	017	Chippewa Falls	1845	Crawford County	Chippewa Indians	62,415	1,008.37 sq mi (2,612 km2)	State map highlighting Chippewa County

Clark County	019	Neillsville	1853	Crawford County	George Rogers Clark (1752-1812), Revolutionary War general	34,690	1,209.82 sq mi (3,133 km2)	State map highlighting Clark County

Columbia County	021	Portage	1846	Portage County	Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), navigator and explorer	56,833	765.53 sq mi (1,983 km2)	State map highlighting Columbia County

Crawford County	023	Prairie du Chien	1818	unorganized territory	William Harris Crawford (1772-1834), United States Senator from Georgia (1807-13) and Secretary of the Treasury 1816-25	16,644	570.66 sq mi (1,478 km2)	State map highlighting Crawford County

Dane County	025	Madison	1836	Crawford, Iowa, and Milwaukee Countes	Nathan Dane (1752-1835), delegate to the First Continental Congress (1785-88)	488,073	1,197.24 sq mi (3,101 km2)	State map highlighting Dane County

Dodge County	027	Juneau	1836	Brown and Milwaukee Counties	Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Territorial Governor of Wisconsin (1845-48)	88,759	875.63 sq mi (2,268 km2)	State map highlighting Dodge County

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	27,785	481.98 sq mi (1,248 km2)	State map highlighting Door County

Douglas County	031	Superior	1854	La Pointe County	Stephen Douglas (1813-61), United States Senator 1847-61	44,159	1,304.14 sq mi (3,378 km2)	State map highlighting Douglas County

Dunn County	033	Menomonie	1854	Chippewa County	Charles Dunn, state senator and chief justice of Wisconsin Territory	43,857	850.11 sq mi (2,202 km2)	State map highlighting Dunn County

Eau Claire County	035	Eau Claire	1856	Chippewa County	City of Eau Claire French for "clear water"	98,736	637.98 sq mi (1,652 km2)	State map highlighting Eau Claire County

Florence County	037	Florence	1881	Marinette and Oconto Counties	Florence Julst, the first white woman to settle in the area	4,423	488.20 sq mi (1,264 km2)	State map highlighting Florence County

Fond du Lac County	039	Fond du Lac	1836	Brown County	French for "foot of the lake"	101,633	719.55 sq mi (1,864 km2)	State map highlighting Fond du Lac County

Forest County	041	Crandon	1885	Langlade and Oconto Counties	Forest which covered the area when it was settled	9,304	1,014.07 sq mi (2,626 km2)	State map highlighting Forest County

Grant County	043	Lancaster	1837	Iowa County	Probably a trader named Grant who made contact with area natives in 1810 but about whom little else is known	51,208	1,146.85 sq mi (2,970 km2)	State map highlighting Grant County

Green County	045	Monroe	1837	Iowa County and unorganized territory	Nathanael Greene (1742-86), quartermaster general during the American Revolutionary War	36,842	583.96 sq mi (1,512 km2)	State map highlighting Green County

Green Lake County	047	Green Lake	1858	Marquette County	Green Lake located within the county	19,051	349.44 sq mi (905 km2)	State map highlighting Green Lake County

Iowa County	049	Dodgeville	1829	Crawford County	Iowa tribe of Indians	23,687	762.58 sq mi (1,975 km2)	State map highlighting Iowa County

Iron County	051	Hurley	1893	Ashland and Oneida Counties	Local iron deposits	5,916	758.17 sq mi (1,964 km2)	State map highlighting Iron County

Jackson County	053	Black River Falls	1853	La Crosse County	Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), President of the United States 1829–37	20,449	987.72 sq mi (2,558 km2)	State map highlighting Jackson County

Jefferson County	055	Jefferson	1836	Milwaukee County	Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), President of the United States (1801-09)	83,686	556.47 sq mi (1,441 km2)	State map highlighting Jefferson County

Juneau County	057	Mauston	1856	Adams County	Solomon Juneau (1793-1856), founder of what would become Milwaukee	26,664	766.93 sq mi (1,986 km2)	State map highlighting Juneau County

Kenosha County	059	Kenosha	1850	Racine County	Indian word meaning "place of the pike"	166,426	271.99 sq mi (704 km2)	State map highlighting Kenosha County

Kewaunee County	061	Kewaunee	1852	Door County	Either a Potawatomi word meaning "river of the lost" or an Ojibwe word meaning "prairie hen" "wild duck" or "to go around"	20,574	342.52 sq mi (887 km2)	State map highlighting Kewaunee County

La Crosse County	063	La Crosse	1851	Crawford County	Indian game of lacrosse	114,638	451.69 sq mi (1,170 km2)	State map highlighting La Crosse County

Lafayette County	065	Darlington	1846	Iowa County	Gilbert du Motier marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834), a French general in the American Revolutionary War	16,836	633.59 sq mi (1,641 km2)	State map highlighting Lafayette County

Langlade County	067	Antigo	1879	Oconto County	Charles de Langlade (1729 – c.1800), American Revolutionary War veteran and United States Indian Agent in Green Bay	19,977	870.64 sq mi (2,255 km2)	State map highlighting Langlade County

Lincoln County	069	Merrill	1874	Marathon County	Abraham Lincoln (1809-65), President of the United States 1861-65	28,743	878.97 sq mi (2,277 km2)	State map highlighting Lincoln County

Manitowoc County	071	Manitowoc	1836	Brown County	Munedoo-owk, an Ojibwe word meaning "the place of the good spirit"	81,442	589.08 sq mi (1,526 km2)	State map highlighting Manitowoc County

Marathon County	073	Wausau	1850	Portage County	Marathon, Greece	134,063	1,544.98 sq mi (4,001 km2)	State map highlighting Marathon County

Marinette County	075	Marinette	1879	Oconto County	Marie Antoinette Chevalier, Indian wife of an early fur trapper	41,749	1,399.35 sq mi (3,624 km2)	State map highlighting Marinette County

Marquette County	077	Montello	1836	Brown County	Father Pere Jacques Marquette (1637-75), missionary and explorer	15,404	455.60 sq mi (1,180 km2)	State map highlighting Marquette County

Menominee County	078	Keshena	1959	Menominee Indian Reservation, Shawano, and Oconto Counties	Menominee Indians	4,232	357.61 sq mi (926 km2)	State map highlighting Menominee County

Milwaukee County	079	Milwaukee	1834	Brown County	Mahnawaukee-Seepe, an Indian word meaning "gathering place by the river"	947,735	241.40 sq mi (625 km2)	State map highlighting Milwaukee County

Monroe County	081	Sparta	1854	La Crosse County	James Monroe (1758-1831), President of the United States (1817-25)	44,673	900.78 sq mi (2,333 km2)	State map highlighting Monroe County

Oconto County	083	Oconto	1851	Brown County	An Indian settlement and the Oconto River, whose name means "plentiful with fish"	37,660	997.99 sq mi (2,585 km2)	State map highlighting Oconto County

Oneida County	085	Rhinelander	1885	Lincoln County	Oneida Indians	35,998	1,112.97 sq mi (2,883 km2)	State map highlighting Oneida County

Outagamie County	087	Appleton	1851	Brown County	Outagamie Indians	176,695	637.52 sq mi (1,651 km2)	State map highlighting Outagamie County

Ozaukee County	089	Port Washington	1853	Washington County	The Ojibwe word for the Sauk nation	86,395	233.08 sq mi (604 km2)	State map highlighting Ozaukee County

Pepin County	091	Durand	1858	Dunn County	Pierre and Jean Pepin du Chardonnets, explorers	7,469	231.98 sq mi (601 km2)	State map highlighting Pepin County

Pierce County	093	Ellsworth	1853	Saint Croix County	Franklin Pierce (1804-69), President of the United States (1853-57)	41,019	573.75 sq mi (1,486 km2)	State map highlighting Pierce County

Polk County	095	Balsam Lake	1853	Saint Croix County	James Polk (1795-1849), President of the United States (1845-49)	44,205	913.96 sq mi (2,367 km2)	State map highlighting Polk County

Portage County	097	Stevens Point	1836	Brown, Crawford, Iowa, and Milwaukee Counties	Passage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers	70,019	800.68 sq mi (2,074 km2)	State map highlighting Portage County

Price County	099	Phillips	1879	Chippewa and Lincoln Counties	William T. Price (1824-86), United States Congressman (1883-86)	14,159	1,254.38 sq mi (3,249 km2)	State map highlighting Price County

Racine County	101	Racine	1836	Milwaukee County	Racine, the French word for "root", after the Root River, which flows through the county	195,408	332.5 sq mi (861 km2)	State map highlighting Racine County

Richland County	103	Richland Center	1842	Iowa County	The rich soil of the area	18,021	586.15 sq mi (1,518 km2)	State map highlighting Richland County

Rock County	105	Janesville	1836	Milwaukee County	Rock River, which flows through the county	160,331	718.14 sq mi (1,860 km2)	State map highlighting Rock County

Rusk County	107	Ladysmith	1901	Chippewa County	Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-93), Governor of Wisconsin 1882-89	14,755	913.59 sq mi (2,366 km2)	State map highlighting Rusk County

Sauk County	111	Baraboo	1840	Crawford, Dane and Portage Counties	Sauk Indians	61,976	830.9 sq mi (2,152 km2)	State map highlighting Sauk County

Sawyer County	113	Hayward	1883	Ashland and Chippewa Counties, Wisconsin	Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), United States Representative (1865-75) and Senator (1881-93) from Wisconsin	16,557	1,257.31 sq mi (3,256 km2)	State map highlighting Sawyer County

Shawano County	115	Shawano	1853	Oconto County	An Ojibwe word meaning "southern"	41,949	893.06 sq mi (2,313 km2)	State map highlighting Shawano County

Sheboygan County	117	Sheboygan	1836	Brown County	Shawb-wa-way-kun, an Indian word meaning "great noise underground"	115,507	511.27 sq mi (1,324 km2)	State map highlighting Sheboygan County

St. Croix County	109	Hudson	1840	Crawford County, and unorganized territory	An early French explorer named St. Croix, about whom little is known	84,345	722.33 sq mi (1,871 km2)	State map highlighting St. Croix County

Taylor County	119	Medford	1875	Clark, Lincoln, Marathon and Chippewa Counties	William Robert Taylor (1820-1909), Governor of Wisconsin 1874-76	20,689	974.88 sq mi (2,525 km2)	State map highlighting Taylor County

Trempealeau County	121	Whitehall	1854	Crawford and La Crosse Counties	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	28,816	732.97 sq mi (1,898 km2)	State map highlighting Trempealeau County

Vernon County	123	Viroqua	1851	Richland and Crawford Counties	Mount Vernon, home of George Washington	29,773	791.58 sq mi (2,050 km2)	State map highlighting Vernon County

Vilas County	125	Eagle River	1893	Oneida County	William Vilas (1840-1908), officer in the Civil War United States Postmaster General (1885-88) United States Secretary of the Interior (1888-89) and Senator from Wisconsin (1891-97)	21,430	856.60 sq mi (2,219 km2)	State map highlighting Vilas County

Walworth County	127	Elkhorn	1836	Milwaukee County	Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867), jurist from New York	102,228	555.13 sq mi (1,438 km2)	State map highlighting Walworth County

Washburn County	129	Shell Lake	1883	Burnett County	Cadwallader Washburn (1818-82), Governor of Wisconsin (1872–74) and Representative from Wisconsin (1867–71)	15,911	797.11 sq mi (2,065 km2)	State map highlighting Washburn County

Washington County	131	West Bend	1836	Brown and Milwaukee Counties	George Washington (1732-99), American Revolutionary War leader (1775–83) and first President of the United States (1789–97)	131,887	430.70 sq mi (1,116 km2)	State map highlighting Washington County

Waukesha County	133	Waukesha	1846	Milwaukee County	Waugooshance, a Pottawatomi word meaning "little foxes"	389,891	549.57 sq mi (1,423 km2)	State map highlighting Waukesha County

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"	52,410	747.71 sq mi (1,937 km2)	State map highlighting Waupaca County

Waushara County	137	Wautoma	1851	Marquette County	An Indian word meaning "good earth"	24,496	626.15 sq mi (1,622 km2)	State map highlighting Waushara County

Winnebago County	139	Oshkosh	1840	Brown, Calumet, and Fond du Lac Counties	Winnebago Indians	166,994	434.49 sq mi (1,125 km2)	State map highlighting Winnebago County

Wood County	141	Wisconsin Rapids	1856	Portage County	Joseph Wood (1809-90), state legislator (1856-58)	74,749	793.12 sq mi (2,054 km2)	State map highlighting Wood County

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In 1829, Iowa County was formed from Crawford County.

final_sentence: In 1829, Iowa County was formed from Crawford County.