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Waupaca County Website Index
__________________________ Becoming a County Wisconsin became a state in 1848, with Waupaca County being formed February 1851 from the counties of Brown and Winnebago. The first established county seat was Mukwa, with the county seat later being moved to the city of Waupaca where it remains today. Logging was a major part of the early days in Waupaca County with agriculture following closely behind.
Waupaca
is presently divided into 22 townships. Bear
Creek's first settlement was in 1854. Caledonia
was separated from Mukwa with it's first settlement in 1849. Dayton
was separated from the Town of Lind in 1852. Chief Waupaca first purchased land
in the Township of Dupont with early white settlers coming in about
1854-56. Dupont was separated from the Town of Union in 1864. Farmington
was organized in 1853. Fremont was first organized in 1865 and is
the smallest township in Waupaca County. Harrison organized from
Iola Township in November 1890. Helvetia was organized in 1861. Iola
being organized in 1844. Larrabee was taken from Bear Creek in
1860. Lebanon was organized from Mukwa in 1852. Lind was one of
the six original townships. At one time Little Wolf was part of the
township including Union, Dupont and part of Royalton. 1848 was the year of the
first settlement in Little Wolf. Matteson, at one point in time,
was in the County of Shawano. The Attorney General declared Matteson in
the County of Waupaca in the year of 1860, only after a dispute between Waupaca
and Shawano County. Mukwa was the temporary county seat from 1850 to
1856. Royalton was organized from Little Wolf in 1853. Scandinavia
was organized about 1852. First called Waupaca Settlement and then Danger
before finally being called Scandinavia. St. Lawrence was organized in
1855. Union was organized from Little Wolf in 1857. Waupaca settled
in about 1850. The first settlers of Weyauwega came in 1847. Wyoming
the last to be organized in 1890 set off from Helvetia. Historical Facts About Waupaca County
Counties that border Waupaca County are
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Reminder: When searching for a surname you
may only find that surname as you have spelled it. Example:
Girard may only be found as that - if the transcription of the surname is spelled as Gerard you will not find it by
searching for the spelling Girard. (Wilson/Willson:
Wetmore/Wentmore, etc.) Try various spellings of the surname you are
seeking.
Also for example if you are searching for a Samuel Girard use the
quotations marks "Samuel Girard". This will bring up only those names when
they are together in that manner. If you put Samuel Girard in the search
without the quotations marks all Samuels and Girards will come up - not
just Samuel Girard.
The search engine does not pick up the hundreds (if not thousands) of
names located in scanned items posted on this site. Many obituaries
and newspaper articles are scanned copies. I suggest you take time to
browse the site.
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