Welcome to the Waushara County, Wisconsin
History and Genealogical Website!
part of the WIGenWeb Project

Last updated November 25, 2018

Welcome to the Waushara County, Wisconsin History and Genealogy page: I hope you find new information to aid in your family research or information that will give you new direction. Please stop in often to check for frequent updating.

If you have information, pictures, transcriptions or other items you would like to share with other researchers by posting them on this site please email me!  (Please state the county when emailing.)

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Wisconsin became a state in 1848, with Waushara County being formed February 15, 1851 from Marquette County.  This land owned by the Indians in 1848 soon changed by September of 1848. In September of 1848 Isaac and William Warwick made a claim to land which is now in the town of Marion. The Indian Agent and the Chief of the Menomonee Indians ordered the Warwick brothers to leave, but this was soon taken back by the Warwicks..

During 1849 and 1850 settlers began gathering and making settlements in parts of the present county.  Those included in the early settlers were: John C. Williams, William F. Chipman, John H. Detrick, Lewis Bagg, E.W. Alford, William Tibbett, Thomas Kelly, Leonard Wilcox, William Lord and others.

The county originally consisted of a single town, which was the Town of Waushara and with  the county seat first located at Sacramento. In 1852 the county was organized for judicial purposes and in September 1854 the county seat was moved to Wautoma, where it remains today. In 1857 the first building was purchased to house the court house.

Today Waushara County consists of 18 Townships which include: Aurora, Bloomfield, Coloma, Dakota, Deerfield, Hancock, Leon, Marion, Mt. Morris, Oasis, Plainfield, PoySippi, Richfield, Rose, Saxeville, Springwater, Warren and Wautoma,
 

Counties that border Waushara County:
Adams  Green Lake  Marquette  Portage  Waupaca  Winnebago

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  In the spring of 1996, a group of genealogists with mutual interests in Kentucky genealogy got together and             discussed ways and means of using the internet for comprehensive genealogical resources. This resulted in a project to build web sites for every county in Kentucky. This idea quickly spread to other states and by the end of the summer of 1996, the USGenweb Project began.

The WIGenWeb Project was established by a group of genealogists with an interest in providing free genealogical information to the public which could be found through a single entry point for all counties. Volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the collection of information  and to oversee the contents of the web sites.

If you would to contribute material to this site or other WIGenWeb Project sites, please contact Paula Vaughan, the County Coordinator of this site, or Tina Vickery, the State Coordinator. Enjoy your visit!

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