Based on U. However, these figures exclude areas covered by water. If you include the waters of Lake Michigan that to extend to the legal boundary between Michigan and Wisconsin, plus all inland lakes and rivers, Ozaukee County is technically 1, The geographic center of Wisconsin is up to debate. Kohl in To make matters even more complicated, the geographic center of the state will be different depending upon the boundary used.
If the legal boundary of the state is used, which includes portions of Lakes Michigan and Superior, the center is actually much further to the east.
Specifically, northeast of Junction City in Portage County. The center of the northwestern hemisphere 45 degrees north, 90 degrees west falls in Wisconsin near Poniatowski. Wisconsin has some rather difficult-to-pronounce place names. Check out Pronounce Wisconsin to get them right.
Douglas County. Dunn County. Eau Claire County. Florence County. Fond du Lac County. Forest County. Grant County. Green County. Green Lake County. Iowa County. Iron County. Jackson County. Jefferson County. Juneau County. Kenosha County. Kewaunee County. La Crosse County. Lafayette County. Langlade County. Lincoln County. Manitowoc County. Marathon County. Marinette County.
Marquette County. Menominee County. That role has been recreated by the influence of our founding fathers, the court system, and the Wisconsin state legislature. The role of counties continues to evolve and change as the state-local partnership is re-examined. In , Milwaukee County was established as a fifth county. From , the number of counties increased to seventy one. Today, in Wisconsin has seventy two total counties that perform essential services and government functions.
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