Dane County, Wisconsin
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Location: Dane, Wisconsin, United States
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Dane County is located in South Central Wisconsin. Its southern border lies about 25 miles north of the state's border with Illinois. Dane County is the home of the state's capital city of Madison. The county has an estimated population of slightly more than a half a million people as of 2016. Approximately half of these live in Madison.
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The county features four large lakes. The two largest of these, Lakes Mendota and Monona, outline downtown Madison. The other two, Waubesa and Kegonsa, lie just south of the city near the village of McFarland.
A colonel by the name of Ebeneezer Brigham was the first known settler in Dane County. He settled near Blue Mounds in 1828. Blue Mounds lies near the county's western border. At the time the area was known as the Four Lake Country. When Brigham arrived in Dane County the area was inhabited by Indians of the Sauk tribe
The land in and around Madison soon became known as Four Lake Country. Kegonsa was called ther first of these lakes. Then Waubesa, Monona, and Mendota followed as the second, third, and fourth lakes, respectively.
In 1836 the state legislature, meeting in Belmont, Wisconsin, chose Madison as the state capital.
General Resources
Family Search Dane County Page
Dane County Genealogical Society
RootsWeb County Page
Wisconsin State Historical Society Genealogy Page
Dane County Historical Society Resources Page
Plat Maps
Dane County Online Records
Birth, Death and Marriage Records - Dane County:
Vital Records
Cemetery Records
A list of Dane County Cemeteries
Links to Community Pages
Albion
Belleville
Black Earth
Blue Mounds
Brooklyn
Cambridge
Cottage Grove
Cross Plains
Village of Dane
Deerfield
Edgerton
Madison
Maple Bluff
Marshall
Mazomanie
McFarland
Middleton
Monona
Mount Horeb
Oregon
Rockdale
Stoughton
Sun Prairie
Verona
Waunakee
Windsor
Census Records
From the National Archives
Land Records
Newspapers
Dane County Books
- Biographical Review of Dane County, Wisconsin: Containing Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Leading Citizens. (Chicago: Biographical Review Publishing Co., 1893) Available through Hathi Trust [1]
Ebook available through Google Books History of Dane County
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