Wisconsin Counties and Towns
Shawano County Genealogy and History


Shawano County Genealogy Links WI Roots: Wisconsin Counties : Shawano
Established: 1853
County Seat: Shawano
Parent: Oconto County

Birth, Death, & Marriage Records:
Earliest Registration Dates*:
Births 1862
Deaths 1873
Marriages 1848

Shawano Register of Deeds
311 N. Main St.
Shawano, WI 54166-2145
Telephone: (715) 524-2129


SHAWAUNAW.
From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855
pg. 101-102

A County formed two years since, and not wholly in market. The land is good, high, and the climate healthy. It is timbered with pine, but is also a good agricultural County. Much of the pine cut is floated down the Wolf to Lake Shawaunaw. A large business has been done by these streamers during the Summers of 1854 and '5, which indicates an increase of population and business in that region. Shawaunaw, at the outlet of the Lake of the same name, is the County Seat.

The County is in the Menasha land district.


Links and Resources:

Wisconsin Biographies Project-Shawano County-Offsite link with an extensive list of biographies online.

Cemeteries & Deaths

Maps
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

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