Civil Dvisions
Civil Divisions. The State of Wisconsin is divided into
forty-four counties, with about four hundred towns; three
Congressional Districts, and six Judicial Circuits.
Counties
Adams, Bad Ax, Brown, Calumet, Chippewa, Colombia, Crawford,
Dane, Dodge, Door, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson,
Jefferson, Kewaunee, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, La Pointe,
Manitowoc, Marathon, Marquette, Milwaukee, Oconto, Outagamie,
Ozaukee, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, St.
Croix, Sauk, Shawana, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha,
Waupacca, Waushara and Winnebago
Congressional Districts.
1st, Daniel Wells, jr., member; composed of the Counties of
Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth and Waukesha.
2d. Ben O. Eastman, member; composed of the counties of Adams,
Bad Ax, Chippewa, Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson,
La Crosse, Lafayette, La Pointe, Marathon, Pierce, Polk,
Portage, Richland, Rock, St. Croix and Sauk.
3d. John B. Macy, member; composed of the counties of Brown,
Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Door, Fond du Lac, Jefferson,
Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marquette, Oconto, Ozaukee, Outagamie,
Shawana, Sheboygan, Washington, Waupacca, Waushara and
Winnebago.
Judicial Circuits
1st. Green, Kenosha, Racine, Rock and Walworth counties.
2d. Dane, Jefferson, Milwaukee and Waukesha counties.
3d. Adams, Columbia, Dodge, Marathon, Marquette, Ozaukee,
Portage, Sauk, Waushara and Washington counties.
4th. Brown, Calumet, Door* Fond du Lac, Kewaunee* Manitowoc,
Oconto* Outagamie, Shawana,* Sheboygan, Waupacca and Winnebago.
5th. Grant, Iowa, Lafayette and Richland counties.
6th. Bad Ax, Chippewa,* Crawford, Jackson,* La Crosse, La
Pointe, Pierce,* Polk,* and St. Croix counties.
The construction of the canal and the improvement of the Lower
Fox, has been under contract for several years, but owing to
various causes is as yet unfinished.
Footnotes:
* Not organized for judicial purposes.
Source: Wisconsin Gazetteer, By
John Warren Hunt. Madison: Beriah Brown, Printer, 1853
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