Wisconsin Counties and Towns
Dunn County Genealogy and History
Dunn County Genealogy Links WI Roots: Wisconsin Counties : Dunn
Established: 1854
County Seat: Menomonie
Parent: Chippewa County

Birth, Death, & Marriage Records:
 Earliest Registration Dates*:
Births 1870
Deaths 1877
Marriages 1858

Dunn Register of Deeds
800 Wilson Ave.
Menomonie, WI 54751
Telephone: (715) 232-1228


DUNN.
From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855
pg. 68-69

A new County, lying on the Chippewa and Red Cedar Rivers, not thickly settled, well watered and generally good soil, having a due proportion of timber, prairie and openings. Hay River, in the northern part of the County, a branch of Red Cedar, has pine upon its banks, and saw mills are now running. Pine is also cut on the Eau Galle. The resources of this County have not yet begun to be developed.

Most of the land is yet in the hands of Government, and affords rare chance to the immigrant for investment. Part of the County lies in Willow River and part in La Crosse Land Districts.

Kansas, a new village on Lake Pepin, is the largest place, and already contains a population of 300.


Links and Resources:

Wisconsin Biographies Project-Dunn County-Offsite link with a few biographies online.

Cemeteries & Deaths

Maps
Original Field Notes and Plat Maps From Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records. his website provides access to scanned images of the original General Land Office survey field notes and plat maps. All of this material is based on the township, range and section descriptions of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). To effectively use this material, you will need to know this description for the property you are researching. This legal description can be derived from topographic maps, land ownership maps, deeds and or property tax bills among other sources. Offsite link

1901 County Maps - The Wisconsin county maps presented here were scanned in individually from the large Wisconsin map in the Rand McNally New Standard Atlas of the World, Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1901. They should be of interest to genealogists because they show the locations of many places that no longer exist. Offsite link by Rick Hagen

Current County Map, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is pleased to provide highly detailed county maps online. Produced at a 1:100,000 scale the maps contain the following pieces of information: Major local road networks, Interstate corridors, U.S., state, and county routes, Recreation areas, Points of interest, Hospitals, Schools, Airports, Urban boundaries, Railroads, Town roads, Federal and state forest boundaries, Indian reservations, Township boundaries.

See also:
American History and Genealogy Project

American Local History Network

theBubbler.com - Wisconsin's Information Source