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Winnebago County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Named after
- Winnebago people
- Seat
- Oshkosh
- Largest city
- Oshkosh
- Total
- 579 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Land
- 434 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Water
- 144 sq mi (370 km ) 25%
- Estimate 2025
- 174,218
- Density
- 395.1/sq mi (152.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 6th , 8th
- Website
- www .winnebagocountywi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Ho-Chunk
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Algoma
- Capital
- Oshkosh
- Population
- 171730
- Area
- 579
- Shares border with
- Waushara County
- Official website
- www.co.winnebago.wi.us
- Image
- WinnebagoCountyWisconsinCourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 71132
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- different from
- Winnebago County
- Commons category
- Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- inception
- 1848-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- water as percent of area
- 25
- native label
- Winnebago County
- per capita income
- 33101
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Winnebago County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 171,730. Its county seat is Oshkosh. It was named for the historic Winnebago people, a federally recognized Native American tribe now known as the Ho-Chunk Nation. Chief Oshkosh was a Menominee leader in the area. Winnebago County comprises the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Winnebago County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.