Wisconsin
The archive covers 72 counties in Wisconsin so far. Everything below is a work of the United States government or a book published before 1929, and every page links to the record it came from.
What the archive holds in Wisconsin
| Records | Count | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Settlements | 2,516 | Every populated place the Geographic Names Information System records, each with the survey sheets that cover it. |
| Topographic sheets | 2,850 | Distinct United States Geological Survey sheets covering those settlements. |
| Town histories | 308 | Complete chapters from the county histories, reproduced unedited. |
| Listed properties | 2,444 | On the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Words of narrative | 4,575,425 | Public-domain county history, published complete. |
Counties
72 of 72All 72 counties in Wisconsin. Every county below has published records and opens its own page.
| Map | County | Settlements | Listed | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 26 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Ashland County | 25 | 32 | 2,087 words | |
| Barron County | 29 | 7 | 66,178 words | |
| Bayfield County | 33 | 21 | not yet read | |
| Brown County | 55 | 65 | not yet read | |
| Buffalo County | 26 | 13 | 16,835 words | |
| Burnett County | 23 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Calumet County | 34 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Chippewa County | 34 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Clark County | 40 | 22 | 21,087 words | |
| Columbia County | 32 | 55 | 338,361 words | |
| Crawford County | 32 | 18 | not yet read | |
| Dane County | 125 | 238 | 600,557 words | |
| Dodge County | 54 | 36 | 278,703 words | |
| Door County | 32 | 68 | 43,882 words | |
| Douglas County | 53 | 20 | not yet read | |
| Dunn County | 31 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Eau Claire County | 24 | 66 | 17,099 words | |
| Florence County | 12 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Fond du Lac County | 65 | 51 | 228,250 words | |
| Forest County | 24 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Grant County | 63 | 36 | 315,312 words | |
| Green County | 28 | 31 | 288,180 words | |
| Green Lake County | 22 | 16 | not yet read | |
| Iowa County | 25 | 30 | 119,944 words | |
| Iron County | 19 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Jackson County | 35 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Jefferson County | 45 | 52 | 66,747 words | |
| Juneau County | 22 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Kenosha County | 37 | 25 | 62,219 words | |
| Kewaunee County | 33 | 13 | not yet read | |
| La Crosse County | 32 | 60 | 39,168 words | |
| Lafayette County | 30 | 13 | 235,368 words | |
| Langlade County | 28 | 6 | 14,310 words | |
| Lincoln County | 22 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Manitowoc County | 55 | 38 | 1,331 words | |
| Marathon County | 72 | 33 | 27,386 words | |
| Marinette County | 33 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Marquette County | 16 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Menominee County | 7 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Milwaukee County | 24 | 300 | not yet read | |
| Monroe County | 30 | 13 | 41,901 words | |
| Oconto County | 35 | 23 | not yet read | |
| Oneida County | 27 | 20 | not yet read | |
| Outagamie County | 31 | 51 | not yet read | |
| Ozaukee County | 22 | 38 | not yet read | |
| Pepin County | 13 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Pierce County | 37 | 10 | not yet read | |
| Polk County | 36 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Portage County | 36 | 22 | not yet read | |
| Price County | 18 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Racine County | 46 | 57 | 140,307 words | |
| Richland County | 45 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Rock County | 47 | 141 | 265,775 words | |
| Rusk County | 20 | 3 | not yet read | |
| St. Croix County | 35 | 34 | not yet read | |
| Sauk County | 36 | 58 | 285,941 words | |
| Sawyer County | 25 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Shawano County | 44 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Sheboygan County | 38 | 60 | 59,447 words | |
| Taylor County | 21 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Trempealeau County | 35 | 13 | 4,024 words | |
| Vernon County | 38 | 12 | 142,072 words | |
| Vilas County | 15 | 15 | not yet read | |
| Walworth County | 49 | 50 | 340,132 words | |
| Washburn County | 16 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Washington County | 43 | 30 | not yet read | |
| Waukesha County | 70 | 153 | 499,853 words | |
| Waupaca County | 44 | 25 | 8,810 words | |
| Waushara County | 24 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Winnebago County | 58 | 85 | 4,159 words | |
| Wood County | 27 | 21 | not yet read |
Settlements in Wisconsin
2,516 settlementsNamed places, each with its own page of maps and records. They are listed on the page for the county that holds them, because that is where the rest of a town's record lives too. A place with no page is a place the archive has not reached yet, not a place that does not exist.
Every county in Wisconsin, each listing its own settlements.
Provenance
- Boundaries. Census Bureau TIGERweb. A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Place names. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey.
- Counts. Computed from the records this site publishes, not quoted from anywhere. They change when the archive grows.