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Wisconsin Counties
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Oneida County, Wisconsin
Oneida County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Rhinelander
Year Organized: 1885
Square Miles: 1,125 |
Court House: 1 Courthouse Square
County Courthouse
Rhinelander, WI 54501-0400
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for a tribe of New York Indians, a branch of the Iroquois, who removed to Wisconsin early in the
nineteenth century. The name is said to signify "granite people." - Gannett, Place Names, p. 196.
[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
Oneida County was formed in 1885 from a part of Lincoln County which was formed in 1874 from part of Marathon County.
In turn, Marathon County was formed in 1850 from Portage County, one of the original Territorial counties. Thus, someone
living in Oneida County today is on ground that was Portage County until 1850, Marathon County from 1850 to 1874 and
Lincoln County from 1874 to 1885.
In 1893 Oneida County underwent significant change when the northwest corner was joined with part of Ashland County to
form Iron County and an even greater portion of the northern part of the county went to form Vilas County.
Present day Oneida County is bordered by Vilas County on the north and Price County on the west. The southern border of
Oneida County joins Lincoln County on the western part and Langlade County on the eastern part. Forest County is on
Oneida County's eastern border.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,236 square miles (3,201 kmē), of which,
1,124 square miles (2,912 kmē) of it is land and 111 square miles (288 kmē) of it (9.01%) is water. Most people
visit Oneida County to enjoy its lakes. In particular, tourists flock to Minocqua, a town of nearly 5,000 people
with a summer population around 15,000.
Neighboring Counties:
- Vilas County - north
- Forest County - east
- Langlade County - southeast
- Lincoln County - south
- Price County - west
Cities and Towns:
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- Arbor Vitae |
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- Cassian |
town |
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- Enterprise |
town |
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- Hazelhurst |
town |
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- Lake Tomahawk |
town |
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- Little Rice |
town |
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- Lynne |
town |
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- Minocqua |
town |
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- Monico |
town |
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- Newbold |
town |
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- Nokomis |
town |
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- Pelican |
town |
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- Piehl |
town |
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- Pine Lake |
town |
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- Rhinelander
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Schoepke |
town |
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- Stella |
town |
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- Sugar Camp |
town |
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- Three Lakes |
town |
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- Woodboro |
town |
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- Woodruff |
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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