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Outagamie County Links

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Here are some links for Outagamie County:

The old Outagamie County Courthouse on November 27, 2014

Appleton Photos

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These are some photos that I took in Appleton on Thursday November 27, 2014. I was on my way home from Thanksgiving dinner with my parents and family. I took a couple of pictures of my alma mater, Appleton West High School, before stopping at the courthouse area. Most of the pictures are of the old courthouse, which has been remodeled and houses some of the county offices, but I did take a few of the adjacent Justice Center.

I remember visiting the old courthouse when I was in 9th grade as part of a field trip for my “American Government” class at Einstein Junior High School.

 

Door County Justice Center on September 6, 2013

Sturgeon Bay Photos 2013

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Here are some photos that I took in Sturgeon Bay on Saturday September 7, 2013. This was the day before the Door County Century bike ride, so after I picked up my packet, I had lunch and visited the Maritime Museum. While at the museum I happened to see both the Oregon Street bridge and the Michigan Street bridge open for a barge to pass underneath.

Table of Wisconsin Counties

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Here is a table with all of the counties. The ones with links in the county name column are the pages which have been completed.

CountyCounty SeatRegionOrder Visited
Adams CountyFriendshipSouthern38
AshlandAshlandNorthern
BarronBarronWestern
BayfieldWashburnNorthern
Brown CountyGreen BayNortheastern4
Buffalo CountyAlmaWestern48
BurnettGrantsburgWestern
Calumet CountyChiltonNortheastern7
Chippewa CountyChippewa FallsWestern14
Clark CountyNeillsvilleWestern44
Columbia CountyPortageSouthern35
Crawford CountyPrairie du ChienSouthern53
Dane CountyMadisonSouthern18
Dodge CountyJuneauSouthern19
Door CountySturgeon BayNortheastern3
DouglasSuperiorWestern
DunnMenomonieWestern
Eau Claire CountyEau ClaireWestern15
FlorenceFlorenceNorthern
Fond du Lac CountyFond du LacNortheastern9
ForestCrandonNorthern
Grant CountyLancasterSouthern27
Green CountyMonroeSouthern1
Green Lake CountyGreen LakeNortheastern23
Iowa CountyDodgevilleSouthern25
IronHurleyNorthern
Jackson CountyBlack River FallsWestern16
Jefferson CountyJeffersonSoutheastern41
Juneau CountyMaustonSouthern17
Kenosha CountyKenoshaSoutheastern37
Kewaunee CountyKewauneeNortheastern5
La Crosse CountyLa CrosseWestern43
Lafayette CountyDarlingtonSouthern26
Langlade CountyAntigoNorthern51
Lincoln CountyMerrillNorthern52
Manitowoc CountyManitowocNortheastern6
Marathon CountyWausauNorthern47
Marinette CountyMarinetteNortheastern12
Marquette CountyMontelloNortheastern24
Menominee CountyKeshenaNortheastern46
Milwaukee CountyMilwaukeeSoutheastern22
Monroe CountySpartaWestern42
Oconto CountyOcontoNortheastern11
OneidaRhinelanderNorthern
Outagamie CountyAppletonNortheastern13
Ozaukee CountyPort WashingtonSoutheastern29
Pepin CountyDurandWestern49
PierceEllsworthWestern
PolkBalsam LakeWestern
Portage CountyStevens PointNorthern34
PricePhillipsNorthern
Racine CountyRacineSoutheastern36
Richland CountyRichlandSouthern31
Rock CountyJanesvilleSouthern33
RuskLadysmithWestern
St. CroixHudsonWestern
Sauk CountyBarabooSouthern2
SawyerHaywardNorthern
Shawano CountyShawanoNortheastern45
Sheboygan CountySheboyganNortheastern28
TaylorMedfordNorthern
Trempealeau CountyWhitehallWestern50
Vernon CountyViroquaSouthern32
VilasEagle RiverNorthern
Walworth CountyElkhornSoutheastern40
WashburnShell LakeWestern
Washington CountyWest BendSoutheastern30
Waukesha CountyWaukeshaSoutheastern39
Waupaca CountyWaupacaNortheastern20
Waushara CountyWautomaNortheastern21
Winnebago CountyOshkoshNortheastern8
Wood CountyWisconsin RapidsNorthern10

Presidential Counties

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A number of Wisconsin counties are named after presidents and I thought it would be interesting to make a list of them all:

  1. Adams County is named after John Quincy Adams. He was our 6th president and served from 1825 to 1829.
  2. Jackson County is named for Andrew Jackson, who served two terms as president from 1829 to 1837.
  3. Jefferson County is named for Thomas Jefferson the 3rd president of the United States. He served two terms beginning in 1801 and ending in 1809.
  4. Lincoln County is named for Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president. He was president from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
  5. Monroe County is named for James Monroe who was our 5th president. He served two terms; from 1817 to 1825.
  6. Pierce County is named after Franklin Pierce, our 14th president. He served a single term from 1853 to 1857.
  7. Polk County is named for James Polk. He was the 11th president and served a single term from 1845 to 1849. Wisconsin became  a state during Polk’s time as president.
  8. Washington County is named after George Washington who was our 1st president. He served two terms from 1789 to 1797. Vernon County is named after Washington’s Mount Vernon estate.

There are two additional counties that have presidential names, but were not named after presidents:

  • Grant County is not named after President Ulysses S. Grant. The county was created in 1836 when the future president was 14 years old. Grant County was apparently named for a trader named Grant who lived in the area around 1810.
  • Taylor County is not named for President Zachary Taylor. The county was actually named for William Robert Taylor who was governor of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1876.

 

Grant County Links

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Here are some links of interest for Grant County: