Bios transcribed by Kay R. & History by Jan Cortez
General History
Winnebago County contains sixteen townships (four fractional), Algoma, Black Wolf, Clayton, Menasha, Neenah, Nekimi, Neupeuskun, Oshkosh, Omro, Poygan, Rushford, Utica, Vinland, Wolf River and Winchester. Its population has been as follows: 1850, 10,167; 1860, 23,770; 1870, 37,325; 1880, 43,041.
According to the State Board of Assessment, the value of real estate and personal property in the county, for 1880, amounted to $14,749,848; the total indebtedness of its towns and cities and villages being $161,285.21, of which sum $82,000 was for railroad aid.
The schools of the county are conducted under the general district system, the number of houses in the county being over one hundred. For their maintenance, $30,000 is required annually. Excluding Oshkosh, Neenah and Menasha there were 7,010 persons in the county of school age, in August, 1880, 5,013 being in attendance. The condition of the public schools in the cities named, will be set forth in the history to be hereafter given.
Winnebago County is comprised in the Eastern District of the United States Court, and situated in the Third Circuit. It is a portion of the Sixth Congressional District, and forms the Nineteenth Senatorial. Both as a business and a political power, Winnebago County wields an influence which is felt all over the State.
