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General History and Townships
This section provides some General History of the county. Included here are tours of the county in general, the Polish Heritage Highway and the Polish Heritage Trail.
The second area is the history of the Townships that make up Portage County.
Thirdly, a section on Maps. This section will grow over time to include plat maps (this will be limited to the era 1895-1915) and some geology maps of this area.
General History
- County Board Predates County -- Some information about early government of County.
- First Decade: First post offices, post masters.
- Newspapers in Portage County.
- Origin of some place names in our County.
- Origins of the county with census data. By Prof. Emeritus Maurice Perret.
- Poland to Portage County -- Story of early Polish settlers.
- Polish Heritage Highway-- State Hwy 66.
- Polish Heritage Trail -- A car or bicycle tour of Polish Heritage sites in Portage County.
- Postal Service in Portage County.
- The Wisconsin Pinery -- the first newspaper in Stevens Point, some exerts.
- Time Line of the History of Portage County.
- Tour of Portage County -- Written about 1980 with historic photos added.
Townships
- Overview of Townships.
- Eastern Townships:
- Western Townships:
Carson Hull Dewey Linwood Eau Pleine Pine Grove Grant Town of Plover
Maps
- Map of Portage County (33k).
- Map of Wisconsin (285k).
- Map of Central Wisconsin (30k).
- Map of Townships (7k).
A Portage County Plat Book for 1895 has been photographed using a digital camera.
The following maps are from "Page-Size Maps of Wisconsin" published by: University of Wisconsin - Extension and Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison WI., 53705-5100.
For a full explanation of the maps and what they represent see our Geology section.
- Bedrock Geology of Wisconsin (168k).
- Ice Age Deposits of Wisconsin (150k).
- Early Vegetation of Wisconsin (126k).
- Landforms of Wisconsin (109k).
- Soil Regions of Wisconsin (180k).
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