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Kellogg, Louise Phelps. [http://books.google.com/books?id=B-Q7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA184&dq=organization+names+and+boundaries+of+wisconsin+counties "Organization, Boundaries, and Names of Wisconsin Counties,"] in ''Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin''. 57 (1909), 184-231. | Kellogg, Louise Phelps. [http://books.google.com/books?id=B-Q7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA184&dq=organization+names+and+boundaries+of+wisconsin+counties "Organization, Boundaries, and Names of Wisconsin Counties,"] in ''Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin''. 57 (1909), 184-231. | ||
Newberry Library. [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Wisconsin/viewer.htm Wisconsin Atlas of Historical County Boundaries] - An interactive atlas of county boundary changes. | |||
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United States > Wisconsin > Wisconsin County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
The following is a list of the counties that have existed in Wisconsin from the time it gained territorial status (20 April 1836) up to the present. It excludes those counties that were created in the area that became Iowa Territory on 4 July 1838.
Before becoming a territory the area that now makes up Wisconsin belonged to the following jurisdictions:
- Northwest Territory - 13 July 1787 to 7 May 1800
- Indiana Territory - 7 May 1800 to 1 March 1809
- Illinois Territory - 1 March 1809 to 18 April 1818
- Michigan Territory - 18 April 1818 to 20 April 1836
For a detailed look at the formation and boundary changes of Wisconsin Counties between 1818 and 1909 see:
Kellogg, Louise Phelps. "Organization, Boundaries, and Names of Wisconsin Counties," in Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 57 (1909), 184-231.
Newberry Library. Wisconsin Atlas of Historical County Boundaries - An interactive atlas of county boundary changes.
| County | Date Created | Parent County | Notes |
| Adams | 11 Mar 1848 | Portage | |
| Ashland | 27 Mar 1860 | La Pointe | |
| Bad Ax | 1 Mar 1851 | Crawford | 22 Mar 1862 name changed to Vernon County. |
| Barron | 4 Mar 1869 | Dallas | |
| Bayfield | 12 Apr 1866 | La Pointe | |
| Brown | 26 Oct 1818 | Original County | |
| Buffalo | 6 Jul 1853 | Jackson | |
| Burnett |
31 Mar 1856 | Douglas & Polk | |
| Calumet | 7 Dec 1836 | Brown | |
| Chippewa | 3 Feb 1845 | Crawford | |
| Clark | 6 Jul 1853 | Jackson | |
| Columbia | 3 Feb 1846 | Portage | |
| Crawford | 26 Oct 1818 | Original County | |
| Dallas | 19 Mar 1859 | Polk | 4 Mar 1869 name changed to Barron County. |
| Dane | 7 Dec 1836 | Crawford, Iowa & Milwaukee | |
| Dodge | 7 Dec 1836 | Brown & Milwaukee | |
| Door | 11 Feb 1851 | Brown | |
| Douglas | 9 Feb 1854 | La Pointe | |
| Dunn | 3 Feb 1854 | Chippewa | |
| Eau Claire | 6 Oct 1856 | Chippewa | |
| Florence | 18 Mar 1882 | Marinette, Oconto | |
| Fond du Lac | 7 Dec 1836 | Brown | |
| Forest | 11 Apr 1885 | Langlade | |
| Gates | 15 May 1901 | Chippewa | 19 Jun 1905 name changed to Rusk County. |
| Grant | 8 Dec 1836 | Iowa | |
| Green | 8 Dec 1836 | Iowa | |
| Green Lake | 5 Mar 1858 | Marquette | |
| Iowa | 9 Oct 1829 | Crawford | |
| Iron | 1 Mar 1893 | Ashland | |
| Jackson | 11 Feb 1853 | La Crosse | |
| Jefferson | 7 Dec 1836 | Milwaukee | |
| Juneau | 13 Oct 1856 | Adams | |
| Kenosha | 30 Jan 1850 | Racine | |
| Kewaunee | 16 Apr 1852 | Door | |
| La Crosse | 1 Mar 1851 | Crawford | |
| La Pointe | 19 Feb 1845 | Saint Croix | 12 Apr 1866 name changed to Bayfield County. |
| Lafayette | 31 Jan 1846 | Iowa | |
| Langlade | 19 Feb 1880 | New | |
| Lincoln | 4 Mar 1874 | Marathon | |
| Manitowoc | 7 Dec 1836 | Brown | |
| Marathon | 9 Feb 1850 | Portage | |
| Marinette | 27 Feb 1879 | Oconto | |
| Marquette | 7 Dec 1836 | Brown | |
| Menominee | 1 May 1961 | Oconto & Shawano | |
| Milwaukee | 6 Sep 1834 | Original County | |
| Monroe | 21 Mar 1854 | La Crosse | |
| New | 27 Feb 1879 | Oconto | 19 Feb 1880 name changed to Langlade County. |
| Oconto | 6 Feb 1851 | Brown | |
| Oneida | 11 Apr 1885 | Lincoln | |
| Outagamie | 17 Feb 1851 | Brown & Winnebago | |
| Ozaukee | 7 Mar 1853 | Washington | |
| Pepin | 25 Feb 1858 | Dunn | |
| Pierce | 14 Mar 1853 | Saint Croix | |
| Polk | 14 Mar 1853 | Saint Croix | |
| Portage | 7 Dec 1836 | Brown, Crawford, Iowa & Milwaukee | |
| Price | 26 Feb 1879 | Chippewa & Lincoln | |
| Racine | 7 Dec 1836 | Milwaukee | |
| Richland | 18 Feb 1842 | Iowa | |
| Rock | 7 Dec 1836 | Milwaukee | |
| Rusk | 19 Jun 1905 | Gates | |
| St. Croix | 9 Jan 1840 | Crawford | |
| Sauk | 11 Jan 1840 | Crawford, Dane & Portage | |
| Sawyer | 10 Mar 1883 | Ashland & Chippewa | |
| Shawano | 16 Feb 1853 | Oconto, Waupaca & Winnebago | |
| Sheboygan | 7 Dec 1836 | Brown | |
| Taylor | 4 Mar 1875 | Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln & Marathon | |
| Trempealeau | 27 Jan 1854 | Buffalo, Chippewa, Jackson & La Crosse | |
| Vernon | 22 Mar 1862 | Bad Ax | |
| Vilas | 12 Apr 1893 | Oneida | |
| Walworth | 7 Dec 1836 | Milwaukee | |
| Washburn | 27 Mar 1883 | Burnett | |
| Washington | 7 Dec 1836 | Brown & Milwaukee | |
| Waukesha | 31 Jan 1846 | Milwaukee | |
| Waupaca | 17 Feb 1851 | Brown & Winnebago | |
| Waushara | 15 Feb 1851 | Marquette | |
| Winnebago | 6 Jan 1840 | Brown | |
| Wood | 29 Mar 1856 | Portage |