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County
City
Town
Village
| Adams County | Friendship | Portage County | John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), President of the United States 1825-1829 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland County | Ashland | unorganized territory | Ashland, Henry Clay’s estate in Kentucky |
| Barron County | Barron | Dallas and Polk counties | Henry D. Barron, legislator and circuit court judge. |
| Bayfield County | Washburn | Ashland County | Henry Bayfield, Royal naval officer and first to survey the Great Lakes area |
| Brown County | Green Bay | unorganized territory | Major General Jacob Brown (1775-1828), a commanding general of the United States Army during the War of 1812 |
| Buffalo County | Alma | Trempealeau County | The Buffalo River, which flows through the county. |
| Burnett County | Siren | Polk County | Thomas P. Burnett, state legislator |
| Calumet County | Chilton | unorganized territory | The French word for a Menominee peace pipe. |
| Chippewa County | Chippewa Falls | Crawford County | The Ojibwe nation of Native Americans (historically referred to as Chippewa) |
| Clark County | Neillsville | Crawford County | Either George Rogers Clark (1752-1812), Revolutionary War general, or A.W. Clark, founder of Clark’s Mill |
| Columbia County | Portage | Portage County | Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), navigator and explorer |
| Crawford County | Prairie du Chien | unorganized territory | William Harris Crawford (1772-1834), United States Senator from Georgia 1807-1813 and Secretary of the Treasury 1816-1825 |
| Dane County | Madison | unorganized territory | Nathan Dane (1752-1835), delegate to the First Continental Congress 1785-1788 |
| Dodge County | Juneau | unorganized | Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Territorial Governor of Wisconsin 1848-1857 |
| Door County | Sturgeon Bay | Brown County | A dangerous water passage near Door Peninsula known as porte des morts, or “door of the dead” in French |
| Douglas County | Superior | unorganized | Stephen Douglas (1813-1861), United States Senator 1847-1861 |
| Dunn County | Menomonie | Chippewa County | Charles Dunn, state senator and chief justice of Wisconsin Territory |
| Eau Claire County | Eau Claire | Chippewa County | City of Eau Claire, itself French for “clear water” |
| Florence County | Florence | Marinette and Oconto Counties | Florence Julst, the first white woman to settle in the area |
| Fond du Lac County | Fond du Lac | unorganized territory | French for “bottom of the lake” |
| Forest County | Crandon | Langlade and Oconto Counties | Forest which covered the area when it was settled |
| Grant County | Lancaster | unorganized territory | A white Indian trader named Grant |
| Green County | Monroe | unorganized territory | Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), quartermaster general during the American Revolutionary War |
| Green Lake County | Green Lake | Marquette District | Green Lake, located within the county |
| Iowa County | Dodgeville | unorganized territory | Iowa tribe of Native Americans |
| Iron County | Hurley | Ashland and Onedia Counties | Local iron deposits |
| Jackson County | Black River Falls | La Crosse County | Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), President of the United States 1829–1837 |
| Jefferson County | Jefferson | Milwaukee County | Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), President of the United States (1801-1809) |
| Juneau County | Mauston | Adams County | Solomon Juneau (1793-1856), founder of what would become Milwaukee |
| Kenosha County | Kenosha | Racine County | A Native American word meaning “place of the pike” |
| Kewaunee County | Kewaunee | Manitowoc County | Either a Pottowatomi word meaning “river of the lost” or a Ojibwe word meaning “praire hen”, “wild duck” or “to go around” |
| La Crosse County | La Crosse | unorganized territory | The Native American version of lacrosse |
| Lafayette County | Darlington | Iowa County | Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834), a French general in the American Revolutionary War |
| Langlade County | Antigo | unorganized territory | Charles de Langlade (1729 – c.1800), American Revolutionary War veteran and United States Indian Agent in Green Bay |
| Lincoln County | Merrill | Marathon County | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), President of the United States 1861-1865 |
| Manitowoc County | Manitowoc | unorganized territory | Munedoo-owk, a Ojibwe word meaning “the place of the good spirit” |
| Marathon County | Wausau | Portage County | Marathon, Greece |
| Marinette County | Marinette | Oconto | Marinette, trading post owner |
| Marquette County | Montello | Marquette District | Father Pere Jacques Marquette, missionary and explorer |
| Menominee County | Keshena | Menominee Indian Reservation | Menominee nation of Native Americans |
| Milwaukee County | Milwaukee | unorganized territory | Mahnawaukee-Seepe, a Native American word meaning “gathering place by the river” |
| Monroe County | Sparta | La Crosse County | James Monroe (1758-1831), President of the United States 1817-1825 |
| Oconto County | Oconto | unorganized territory | A Native American settlement and the Oconto River, whose name means “plentiful with fish” |
| Oneida County | Rhinelander | Lincoln County | Oneida nation of Native Americans |
| Outagamie County | Appleton | Brown County | Outagamie nation of Native Americans |
| Ozaukee County | Port Washington | Milwaukee County | The Ojibwe word for the Sauk nation |
| Pepin County | Durand | Dunn County | Pierre and Jean Pepin du Chardonnets, explorers |
| Pierce County | Ellsworth | Saint Croix County | Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), President of the United States 1853-1857 |
| Polk County | Balsam Lake | Saint Croix County | James Polk (1745-1849), President of the United States 1845-1849 |
| Portage County | Stevens Point | unorganized territory | The portage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers |
| Price County | Phillips | Chippewa and Lincoln Counties | W. T. Price, president of the Wisconsin Senate |
| Racine County | Racine | unorganized territory | Racine, the French word for “root”, after the Root River, which flows through the county |
| Richland County | Richland Center | Iowa County | The rich soil of the area |
| Rock County | Janesville | unorganized territory | Rock River, which flows through the county |
| Rusk County | Ladysmith | Chippewa County | Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-1893), Governor of Wisconsin 1882-1889 |
| Sauk County | Baraboo | unorganized territory | Sauk nation of Native Americans |
| Sawyer County | Hayward | Oconto County | Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), United States Representative (1865-1875) and Senator (1881-1893) from Wisconsin |
| Shawano County | Shawano | Oconto County | A Ojibwe word meaning “southern” |
| Sheboygan County | Sheboygan | unorganized territory | Shawb-wa-way-kun, a Native American word meaning “great noise underground” |
| Saint Croix County | Hudson | unorganized territory | St. Croix, French explorer |
| Taylor County | Medford | Clark, Lincoln, Marathon and Chippewa Counties | William Robert Taylor (1820-1909), Governor of Wisconsin 1874-1876 |
| Trempealeau County | Whitehall | Crawford and La Crosee Counties | Trempealeau Mountain (from the French for “mountain with its foot in the water”), a bluff located in a bend of the Trempealeau River,[6] which flows through the county[4] |
| Vernon County | Viroqua | Richland and Crawford Counties | Mount Vernon, home of George Washington |
| Vilas County | Eagle River | Oneida County | William Vilas (1840-1908), officer in the Civil War, United States Postmaster General (1885-1888), United States Secretary of the Interior (1888-1889), and Senator from Wisconsin (1891-1897) |
| Walworth County | Elkhorn | unorganized territory | Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867), jurist from New York |
| Washburn County | Shell Lake | Burnett County | Cadwallader Washburn (1818-1882), Governor of Wisconsin 1872–1874 and Representative from Wisconsin 1867–1871 |
| Washington County | West Bend | unorganized territory | George Washington (1732-1799), American Revolutionary War leader (1775–1783), and first President of the United States (1789–1797) |
| Waukesha County | Waukesha | Milwaukee County | Waugooshance, a Pottawatomi word meaning “little foxes” |
| Waupaca County | Waupaca | Brown and Winnebago Counties | wau-pa-ka-ho-nak, a Menominee word meaning “white sand bottom” or “brave young hero” |
| Waushara County | Wautoma | Marquette County | A Native American word meaning “good earth” |
| Winnebago County | Oshkosh | unorganized territory | Winnebago nation of Native Americans |
| Wood County | Wisconsin Rapids | Portage County | Joseph Wood (1809-1890), state legislator (1856-1858) |
