Sauk County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Named after
- Sauk people
- Seat
- Baraboo
- Largest city
- Baraboo
- Total
- 849 sq mi (2,200 km )
- Land
- 831 sq mi (2,150 km )
- Water
- 18 sq mi (47 km ) 2.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 66,652
- Density
- 80/sq mi (31/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 3rd
- Website
- www .co .sauk .wi .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Sauk County is a county in Wisconsin. It is named after a large village of the Sauk people. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,763. Its county seat and largest city is Baraboo. The county was created in 1840 from Wisconsin Territory and organized in 1844. Sauk County comprises the Baraboo, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Greater Madison area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sauk County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.