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Wisconsin Counties
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Wisconsin Counties
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Lincoln County, Wisconsin
Lincoln County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Merrill
Year Organized: 1874
Square Miles: 883 |
Court House: 1110 East Main Street
County Courthouse
Merrill, WI 54452-2554
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named in honor of President Abraham Lincoln - Gannett, Place Names, p. 161.
[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
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its county seat is Merrill.
Lincoln County has a lot to offer. It was created by the Wisconsin Legislature in 1874. In the beginning, Lincoln
County included most of Oneida and Vilas Counties as well as parts of Langlade, Taylor, Price and Iron Counties.
Lincoln County reached its' present size in 1885.
The early progress of Lincoln County is synonymous with the growth of the logging industry. The pines and virgin
hardwood forests attracted loggers from far and wide. As operations grew, settlements sprang up bringing the retail
stores and other business places. In clearing the forest, the lumbermen were opening the way for the farmer.
The City of Merrill was named for S.S. Merrill, then the General Manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad. In 1881, the first courthouse was built, which later housed the Lincoln County Teachers College. The
present courthouse was completed in 1903 and was entered on the National register of Historic Places by the
Secretary of the Interior on April 19, 1978.
The City of Tomahawk was incorporated in 1891. The pulp and paper industry played a large part in the City's history
as it continues to do at the present time. Within the City, Bradley Park, named for the father of the City, William
H. Bradley, covers over 100 acres of land, heavily wooded with virgin pine. Tomahawk lies in the heart of
Wisconsin's vacationland.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 907 square miles (2,349 kmē), of which, 883
square miles (2,288 kmē) of it is land and 24 square miles (62 kmē) of it (2.62%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Oneida County - north
- Langlade County - east
- Marathon County - south
- Taylor County - west
- Price County - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Birch |
town |
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- Bradley |
town |
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- Corning |
town |
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- Harding |
town |
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- Harrison |
town |
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- Merrill
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Parrish |
town |
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- Russell |
town |
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- Schley |
town |
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- Skanawan |
town |
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- Somo |
town |
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- Summit |
town |
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- Tomahawk |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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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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