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Wisconsin Counties
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Wisconsin Counties
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Florence County, Wisconsin
Florence County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Florence
Year Organized: 1882
Square Miles: 488 |
Court House: 501 Lake Ave.
County Courthouse
Florence, WI 54121-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Florence County was named by H. D. Fisher in honor of Mrs. Florence Hulst, wife of Dr. N. P. Hulst of
Milwaukee. The name was first applied to the Florence iron mine; and then to the town and county.
[Source: Kellogg, Louise Phelps. "Derivation of County Names" in Proceedings of the State Historical Society of
Wisconsin for 1909, pages 219-231.]
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Florence County, created in 1881 from Marinette and Oconto Counties, is named after Florence Hulst,
the first white woman to settle in the area. Located in northeast Wisconsin, the county seat is Florence.
In recognition of its biological richness and rarity. the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources established the
8,850-acre Spread Eagle Barrens State National Area
in 1995.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 497 square miles (1,288 kmē), of which, 488
square miles (1,264 kmē) of it is land and 9 square miles (24 kmē) of it (1.90%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Iron County, Michigan - north
- Dickinson County, Michigan - east
- Marinette County, Wisconsin - southeast
- Forest County, Wisconsin - south, west
Cities and Towns:
| - Alvin |
town |
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| - Commonwealth |
town |
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| - Fence |
town |
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| - Fern |
town |
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| - Florence (County Seat) |
town |
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| - Homestead |
town |
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| - Long Lake |
town |
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| - Popple River |
town |
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| - Tipler |
town |
County Resources:
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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