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Marinette County, WisconsinMarinette County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameMarinette was christened Marguerite Chevallier but later through some quirk came to be known by the
then popular "nickname" of "Marinette," the diminutive for Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, whose tragic death at the
time of the French Revolution, caused much excitement among the French settlers in this territory. The French and
Indians on the river when pronouncing "Marie Antoinette" would shorten the name by pronouncing it "Marinette." Holding
our Marguerite in high esteem they resorted to calling her "Queen Marinette," queen of their adopted country, thus the
origin of the name. Marinette took it title from the village which was named for Marinette Chevalier (1793-1865), a
French Chippewa metis, wife of John B. Jacobs, and later of William Farnsworth; the last-named settled on this site in
1822. There had previously been here a trading-post of the American Fur Company, and it continued as a trade center for
many years, largely unded the direction of Marinette, who had much business ability. The town was platted by her son,
John B. Jacobs. The name is an abbreviation of Marie Antoinette Marinette-contraction of Marie Antoinette, name of
semi-civilized Indian chief. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryMarinette County is ideally located in Northeast Wisconsin on the shores of Green Bay bordering the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In February 1851, Oconto County separated from Brown County, and held the distinction of being the largest county
in Wisconsin until it was divided to half its original size by act of the Wisconsin Legislature, March 3, 1879, when
Marinette County was formed. Marinette County is named after "Queen" Marinette, a 19th Century trading post owner
who was the daughter of a Menominee princess and a French-Canadian trapper. Located in northeast Wisconsin, the
county seat is Marinette. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,550 square miles (4,015 kmē), of which, 1,402 square miles (3,631 kmē) of it is land and 148 square miles (384 kmē) of it (9.57%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this 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." |
