List of counties in Wisconsin

The following is a list of the counties of Wisconsin:

County	FIPS code	County seat^[1]	Created^[2]	Formed from^[3]	Meaning of name^[3]	Population (2020)^[4]	Area^[4]
Adams County	001	Friendship	1848	Portage County	John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), President of the United States (1825-29)	20,654	645.65 sq mi (1,672 km²)
Ashland County	003	Ashland	1860	La Pointe County	Ashland, Henry Clay's estate in Kentucky	16,027	1,045.04 sq mi (2,707 km²)
Barron County	005	Barron	1859	Polk County	Henry D. Barron, state senator and circuit court judge.	46,711	862.71 sq mi (2,234 km²)
Bayfield County	007	Washburn	1845	St. Croix County	Henry Bayfield, Royal naval officer and first to survey Great Lakes area	16,220	1,477.86 sq mi (3,828 km²)
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	268,740	529.71 sq mi (1,372 km²)
Buffalo County	011	Alma	1853	Trempealeau County	The Buffalo River, which flows through the county.	13,317	671.64 sq mi (1,740 km²)
Burnett County	013	Siren	1856	Polk County	Thomas P. Burnett, state legislator	16,526	821.85 sq mi (2,129 km²)
Calumet County	015	Chilton	1836	Brown County, Wisconsin	The French word for a Menominee Ceremonial pipe.	52,442	318.24 sq mi (824 km²)
Chippewa County	017	Chippewa Falls	1845	Crawford County	Chippewa Indians	66,297	1,008.37 sq mi (2,612 km²)
Clark County	019	Neillsville	1853	Crawford County	George Rogers Clark (1752-1812), Revolutionary War general	34,659	1,209.82 sq mi (3,133 km²)
Columbia County	021	Portage	1846	Portage County	Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), navigator and explorer	58,490	765.53 sq mi (1,983 km²)
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	16,113	570.66 sq mi (1,478 km²)
Dane County	025	Madison	1836	Crawford, Iowa, and Milwaukee Countes	Nathan Dane (1752-1835), delegate to the First Continental Congress (1785-88)	561,504	1,197.24 sq mi (3,101 km²)
Dodge County	027	Juneau	1836	Brown and Milwaukee Counties	Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Territorial Governor of Wisconsin (1845-48)	89,396	875.63 sq mi (2,268 km²)
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	30,066	481.98 sq mi (1,248 km²)
Douglas County	031	Superior	1854	La Pointe County	Stephen Douglas (1813-61), United States Senator 1847-61	44,295	1,304.14 sq mi (3,378 km²)
Dunn County	033	Menomonie	1854	Chippewa County	Charles Dunn, state senator and chief justice of Wisconsin Territory	45,440	850.11 sq mi (2,202 km²)
Eau Claire County	035	Eau Claire	1856	Chippewa County	City of Eau Claire French for "clear water"	105,710	637.98 sq mi (1,652 km²)
Florence County	037	Florence	1881	Marinette and Oconto Counties	Florence Hulst, the first white woman to settle in the area	4,558	488.20 sq mi (1,264 km²)
Fond du Lac County	039	Fond du Lac	1836	Brown County	French for "foot of the lake"	104,154	719.55 sq mi (1,864 km²)
Forest County	041	Crandon	1885	Langlade and Oconto Counties	Forest which covered the area when it was settled	9,179	1,014.07 sq mi (2,626 km²)
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	51,938	1,146.85 sq mi (2,970 km²)
Green County	045	Monroe	1837	Iowa County and unorganized territory	Nathanael Greene (1742-86), quartermaster general during the American Revolutionary War	37,093	583.96 sq mi (1,512 km²)
Green Lake County	047	Green Lake	1858	Marquette County	Green Lake located within the county	19,018	349.44 sq mi (905 km²)
Iowa County	049	Dodgeville	1829	Crawford County	Iowa tribe of Indians	23,709	762.58 sq mi (1,975 km²)
Iron County	051	Hurley	1893	Ashland and Oneida Counties	Local iron deposits	6,137	758.17 sq mi (1,964 km²)
Jackson County	053	Black River Falls	1853	La Crosse County	Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), President of the United States 1829–37	21,145	987.72 sq mi (2,558 km²)
Jefferson County	055	Jefferson	1836	Milwaukee County	Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), President of the United States (1801-09)	84,900	556.47 sq mi (1,441 km²)
Juneau County	057	Mauston	1856	Adams County	Solomon Juneau (1793-1856), founder of what would become Milwaukee	26,718	766.93 sq mi (1,986 km²)
Kenosha County	059	Kenosha	1850	Racine County	Indian word meaning "place of the pike"	169,151	271.99 sq mi (704 km²)
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"	20,563	342.52 sq mi (887 km²)
La Crosse County	063	La Crosse	1851	Crawford County	Indian game of lacrosse	120,784	451.69 sq mi (1,170 km²)
Lafayette County	065	Darlington	1846	Iowa County	Gilbert du Motier marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834), a French general in the American Revolutionary War	16,611	633.59 sq mi (1,641 km²)
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	19,491	870.64 sq mi (2,255 km²)
Lincoln County	069	Merrill	1874	Marathon County	Abraham Lincoln (1809-65), President of the United States 1861-65	28,415	878.97 sq mi (2,277 km²)
Manitowoc County	071	Manitowoc	1836	Brown County	Munedoo-owk, an Ojibwe word meaning "the place of the good spirit"	81,359	589.08 sq mi (1,526 km²)
Marathon County	073	Wausau	1850	Portage County	Marathon, Greece	138,013	1,544.98 sq mi (4,001 km²)
Marinette County	075	Marinette	1879	Oconto County	Marie Antoinette Chevalier, Indian wife of an early fur trapper	41,872	1,399.35 sq mi (3,624 km²)
Marquette County	077	Montello	1836	Brown County	Father Pere Jacques Marquette(1637-75), missionary and explorer	15,592	455.60 sq mi (1,180 km²)
Menominee County	078	Keshena	1959	Menominee Indian Reservation, Shawano, and Oconto Counties	Menominee Indians	4,255	357.61 sq mi (926 km²)
Milwaukee County	079	Milwaukee	1834	Brown County	Mahnawaukee-Seepe, an Indian word meaning "gathering place by the river"	939,489	241.40 sq mi (625 km²)
Monroe County	081	Sparta	1854	La Crosse County	James Monroe (1758-1831), President of the United States (1817-25)	46,274	900.78 sq mi (2,333 km²)
Oconto County	083	Oconto	1851	Brown County	An Indian settlement and the Oconto River, whose name means "plentiful with fish"	38,965	997.99 sq mi (2,585 km²)
Oneida County	085	Rhinelander	1885	Lincoln County	Oneida Indians	37,845	1,112.97 sq mi (2,883 km²)
Outagamie County	087	Appleton	1851	Brown County	Outagamie Indians	190,705	637.52 sq mi (1,651 km²)
Ozaukee County	089	Port Washington	1853	Washington County	The Ojibwe word for the Sauk nation	91,503	233.08 sq mi (604 km²)
Pepin County	091	Durand	1858	Dunn County	Pierre and Jean Pepin du Chardonnets, explorers	7,318	231.98 sq mi (601 km²)
Pierce County	093	Ellsworth	1853	Saint Croix County	Franklin Pierce (1804-69), President of the United States (1853-57)	42,212	573.75 sq mi (1,486 km²)
Polk County	095	Balsam Lake	1853	Saint Croix County	James Polk (1795-1849), President of the United States (1845-49)	44,977	913.96 sq mi (2,367 km²)
Portage County	097	Stevens Point	1836	Brown, Crawford, Iowa, and Milwaukee Counties	Passage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers	70,377	800.68 sq mi (2,074 km²)
Price County	099	Phillips	1879	Chippewa and Lincoln Counties	William T. Price(1824-86), United States Congressman(1883-86)	14,054	1,254.38 sq mi (3,249 km²)
Racine County	101	Racine	1836	Milwaukee County	Racine, the French word for "root", after the Root River, which flows through the county	197,727	332.5 sq mi (861 km²)
Richland County	103	Richland Center	1842	Iowa County	The rich soil of the area	17,304	586.15 sq mi (1,518 km²)
Rock County	105	Janesville	1836	Milwaukee County	Rock River, which flows through the county	163,687	718.14 sq mi (1,860 km²)
Rusk County	107	Ladysmith	1901	Chippewa County	Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-93), Governor of Wisconsin 1882-89	14,188	913.59 sq mi (2,366 km²)
Sauk County	111	Baraboo	1840	Crawford, Dane and Portage Counties	Sauk Indians	65,763	830.9 sq mi (2,152 km²)
Sawyer County	113	Hayward	1883	Ashland and Chippewa Counties	Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), United States Representative (1865-75) and Senator (1881-93) from Wisconsin	18,074	1,257.31 sq mi (3,256 km²)
Shawano County	115	Shawano	1853	Oconto County	An Ojibwe word meaning "southern"	40,881	893.06 sq mi (2,313 km²)
Sheboygan County	117	Sheboygan	1836	Brown County	Shawb-wa-way-kun, an Indian word meaning "great noise underground"	118,034	511.27 sq mi (1,324 km²)
St. Croix County	109	Hudson	1840	Crawford County, and unorganized territory	An early French explorer named St. Croix, about whom little is known	93,536	722.33 sq mi (1,871 km²)
Taylor County	119	Medford	1875	Clark, Lincoln, Marathon and Chippewa Counties	William Robert Taylor (1820-1909), Governor of Wisconsin 1874-76	19,913	974.88 sq mi (2,525 km²)
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,^[5] which flows through the county	30,760	732.97 sq mi (1,898 km²)
Vernon County	123	Viroqua	1851	Richland and Crawford Counties	Mount Vernon, home of George Washington	30,714	791.58 sq mi (2,050 km²)
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)	23,047	856.60 sq mi (2,219 km²)
Walworth County	127	Elkhorn	1836	Milwaukee County	Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867), jurist from New York	106,478	555.13 sq mi (1,438 km²)
Washburn County	129	Shell Lake	1883	Burnett County	Cadwallader Washburn (1818-82), Governor of Wisconsin (1872–74) and Representative from Wisconsin (1867–71)	16,623	797.11 sq mi (2,065 km²)
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)	136,761	430.70 sq mi (1,116 km²)
Waukesha County	133	Waukesha	1846	Milwaukee County	Waugooshance, a Pottawatomi word meaning "little foxes"	406,978	549.57 sq mi (1,423 km²)
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"	51,812	747.71 sq mi (1,937 km²)
Waushara County	137	Wautoma	1851	Marquette County	An Indian word meaning "good earth"	24,520	626.15 sq mi (1,622 km²)
Winnebago County	139	Oshkosh	1840	Brown, Calumet, and Fond du Lac Counties	Winnebago Indians	171,730	434.49 sq mi (1,125 km²)
Wood County	141	Wisconsin Rapids	1856	Portage County	Joseph Wood (1809-90), state legislator (1856-58)	74,207	793.12 sq mi (2,054 km²)

References

↑ "NACo - Find a county". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
↑ Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. State of Wisconsin 2011-2012 Blue Book. Madison: Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, 2011, p. 731.
1 2 Carver, Jonathon (1910). Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at its Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting (1st ed.). Madison WI: Democrat Printing Company. (WV County Founding Dates and Etymology). Other editions available at ISBN 1130567257 and Google Books
1 2 "Wisconsin QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
↑ Elkins, Winston (1985). Trempealeau and the Mississippi River Dam. Trempealeau County, WI: Trempealeau County Historical Society.

[NACO-1] "NACo - Find a county". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2008-02-11.

[2] Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. State of Wisconsin 2011-2012 Blue Book. Madison: Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, 2011, p. 731.

[WI_Formed-3] 1 2 Carver, Jonathon (1910). Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at its Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting (1st ed.). Madison WI: Democrat Printing Company. (WV County Founding Dates and Etymology). Other editions available at ISBN 1130567257 and Google Books

[cen-4] 1 2 "Wisconsin QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-09-02.

[5] Elkins, Winston (1985). Trempealeau and the Mississippi River Dam. Trempealeau County, WI: Trempealeau County Historical Society.

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