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Washington County was created on December 7, 1836, by the Wisconsin Territory Legislature, with Port Washington designated as the county seat. It was run administratively from Milwaukee County until 1840, when an Act of Organization allowed the county self-governance, and the county seat was moved to Grafton, then called Hamburg.
English: This is a locator map showing Washington County in Wisconsin. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 13 February 2006:
In 1850, Tuskola County was proposed as a new subdivision of Washington County. [9] The proposed borders lie within the modern Washington and Ozaukee counties. [18] In 1997, Century County was proposed, for creation after the year 2000, as a merger of Wood, Clark, and Marathon counties that would be centered around the city of Marshfield.
Rail map of Wisconsin from 1900 centered on Schleisingerville. In the early 19th century, the Slinger area was home to Potawatomi Native Americans, who surrendered the land the United States Federal Government in 1833 through the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, which (after being ratified in 1835) required them to leave Wisconsin by 1838.
In the 1840s and early 1850s, Washington County included the land along Lake Michigan that is now Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Port Washington served as the county seat, which was controversial at the time. West Bend, Cedarburg, and Grafton vied for position of Washington County seat and the material advantages it would entail. In 1850, the ...
The community was originally designated as the Wisconsin Territory's "Town Nine," making it the oldest settlement in Washington County. [9] Beginning in the 1840s, many German immigrants—particularly from the regions of Bavaria, Hessen, Rheinland, Pommern, and Prussia [10] [11] —settled in the area, which led to it being named "Germantown ...
The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map. [1] There are 31 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 7, 2025. [2]
Lake Five is an unincorporated community located in the village of Richfield, Washington County, Wisconsin, United States.Lake Five is located on County Highway Q along the southern border of Washington County; it abuts the town of Lisbon, Waukesha County to the south.