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Wisconsin Counties
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Wisconsin Counties
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Washburn County, Wisconsin
Washburn County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Shell Lake
Year Organized: 1883
Square Miles: 810 |
Court House: 10 4th Avenue, PO Box 639
County Courthouse
Shell Lake, WI 54871-0337
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named in honor of Cadwallader C. Washburn, governor of the State, 1872-74. Born in Maine (1818),
Wash-burn migrated West at the age of twenty-one. In 1842 he settled at Mineral Point, was admitted to the bar, and
opened a bank. He was a congressman for three terms (1855-61), and again after the War of Secession (wherein he served),
for two further terms (1867-71). After retiring from public life he built up the flour-mill industry at Minneapolis. For
many years he was president of the State Historical Society, and gave the University its observatory. He died in 1882.
[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
Washburn County was established in 1883 and named after Cadwallader C. Washburn. The county is divided into
twenty-one districts, with a representative from each district that serves on the Washburn County Board of Supervisors.
Washburn County is the 28th largest county in Wisconsin and has a population of 16,036. The county's municipalities
consist of twenty-one towns, two villages, and two cities. The county seat located in Shell Lake.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 853 square miles (2,209 kmē), of which, 810
square miles (2,097 kmē) of it is land and 43 square miles (112 kmē) of it (5.08%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Douglas County - north
- Bayfield County - northeast
- Sawyer County - east
- Rusk County - southeast
- Barron County - south
- Burnett County - west
Cities and Towns:
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- Bashaw |
town |
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- Bass Lake |
town |
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- Beaver Brook |
town |
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- Birchwood |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Casey |
town |
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- Chicog |
town |
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- Crystal |
town |
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- Evergreen |
town |
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- Frog Creek |
town |
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- Gull Lake |
town |
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- Madge |
town |
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- Minong |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sarona |
town |
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- Shell Lake
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Spooner |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Springbrook |
town |
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- Stinnett |
town |
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- Trego |
town |
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- Wascott |
town |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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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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