Marquette County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Seat
- Montello
- Largest city
- Montello
- Total
- 464 sq mi (1,200 km )
- Land
- 456 sq mi (1,180 km )
- Water
- 8.7 sq mi (23 km ) 1.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 15,927
- Density
- 35/sq mi (14/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .marquettecountywi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Jacques Marquette
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Montello
- Capital
- Montello
- Population
- 15592
- Area
- 1203
- Shares border with
- Columbia County
- Official website
- www.co.marquette.wi.us
- Image
- Marquette County Courthouse Feb 2012.jpg
- Households
- 6770
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- Commons category
- Marquette County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Marquette County, Wisconsin
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- different from
- Marquette County
- water as percent of area
- 1.9
- native label
- Marquette County
- per capita income
- 28780
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Encyclopedic overview
Marquette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,592. Its county seat is Montello. The county was created in 1836 from the Wisconsin Territory and organized in 1848. The county is considered a high-recreation retirement destination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marquette County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.