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Wisconsin Counties
There are seventy-two counties in the state of Wisconsin. Wisconsin became part of the Territory of Michigan and divided into two counties: Brown County in the northeast along Lake Michigan and Crawford County in the southwest along the Mississippi River. The state of Wisconsin was created from Wisconsin Territory on May 29, 1848, with 28 counties.Monroe County, Wisconsin
Monroe County Education, Geography, and History
Monroe County is a county in the state of Wisconsin. Based on the 2010 census, the population was 44,673. Its county seat is Sparta.
Etymology - Origin of Monroe County Name
Named in honor of President James Monroe - Gannett, Place Names, p. 182.
[Source: Kellogg, Louise Phelps. "Derivation of County Names" in Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for 1909, pages 219-231.]
Demographics:
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Monroe County History
Monroe County, created in 1854 from La Crosse County, is named after James Monroe, the 5th President of the
United States. Located in southwest Wisconsin, the county seat is Sparta.
MONROE.--Population 2,151.
From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855
pg. 85-86
Formed out of La Crosse in 1854. It is watered by the heads of the Kickapoo, La Crosse and Lemonwier Rivers. Forests of pine are about the sources of the Kickapoo, which are yet scarcely broken in upon. The settlements are few and small, and the land mostly unsold.
There is much good furming land, though most of it is of light soil, and will be rejected till other lands are
occupied. It lies in the La Crosse land district.
Sparta, the County Seat, at the junction of Beaver Creek and La Crosse River, 30 miles from La Crosse, contains a
population of about 700, and is still rapidly increasing. It has a good water power, and like all other new places,
schools, public houses, stores &c., are there.
Jackson, on the Lemonwier, has been but recently laid out, and has a valuable mill privilege, in which the
proprietor is erecting saw mills, white pine abounding in its vicinity.
Geography: Land and Water
As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 908 square miles (2,352 km2), of which, 901 square miles (2,333 km2) of it is land and 8 square miles (19 km2) of it (0.83%) is water.
Neighboring Counties
Bordering counties are as follows:
- Jackson County - north
- Juneau County - east
- Vernon County - south
- La Crosse County - west
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