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The state of Wisconsin was created from Wisconsin Territory on May 29, 1848, with 28 counties. The most populous county in the state is Milwaukee County at 916,205 people at the 2023 Census estimate. [ 2 ]
A general map of Wisconsin. Wisconsin, a state in the Midwestern United States, has a vast and diverse geography famous for its landforms created by glaciers during the Wisconsin glaciation 17,000 years ago. The state can be generally divided into five geographic regions—Lake Superior Lowland, Northern Highland, Central Plain, Eastern Ridges ...
The Northern Highland is a geographical region in the north central United States covering much of the northern territory of the state of Wisconsin . The region stretches from the state border with Minnesota in the west to the Michigan border in the east, and from Douglas and Bayfield Counties in the north to Wood and Portage Counties in the south.
Professor Lawrence Martin created a schema for dividing Wisconsin into geographical regions in his work "The Physical Geography of Wisconsin". [1] [2] Western Upland. Eastern Ridges and Lowlands. Central Plain. Northern Highland. Lake Superior Lowland. Three of these geographical provinces are uplands and two are lowlands.
For a more detailed discussion, see Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town. Frequently a village or city may have the same name as a town. As of 2006, Wisconsin had 1,260 towns, some with the same name. This list of towns and their respective counties is current as of 2002, per the Wisconsin Department of Administration.
Map of the United States with Wisconsin highlighted Wisconsin is a state located in the Midwestern United States . As of January 1, 2021, there were 190 cities in Wisconsin, and 1,883 municipalities.
Milwaukee County (/ m ɪ l ˈ w ɔː k i /) is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.At the 2020 census, the population was 939,489, down from 947,735 in 2010. [1] [2] It is both the most populous and most densely populated county in Wisconsin, and the 45th most populous county nationwide; Milwaukee, its eponymous county seat, [3] is also the most populous city in the state.
Wisconsin counties (clickable map) The county is the primary political subdivision of Wisconsin. Every county has a county seat, often a populous or centrally located city or village, where the government offices for the county are located. Within each county are cities, villages and towns. As of 2016, Wisconsin had 72 counties. [1]