Dunn County, Wisconsin
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History
The area that would one day become Dunn County was originally inhabited by the Santee Dakota and Ojibwe. On February 19, 1894 Dunn County was formed from a portion of Chippewa County. It was named for the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Wisconsin Territory, Charles Dunn. It's County Seat is Menomonie.
Towns
Colfax, Dunn, Eau Galle, Elk Mound, Grant, Hay River, Lucas, Menomonie, New Haven, Otter Creek, Peru, Red Cedar, Rock Creek, Sand Creek, Sheridan, Sherman, Spring Brook, Stanton, Tainter, Tiffany, Weston
Villages
Boyceville, Downing, Knapp, Ridgeland, Wheeler
Unincorporated Communities
Baxter, Caryville, Comfort, Connorsville, Dunnville, Falls City, Graytown (Partial), Hatchville (partial), Irvington, Meridean, Norton, Rusk
Census-designated places
Downsville, Tainter Lake
Ghost Towns
Old Tyrone, Welch Point
Demographics
Population (as of 2010): 43,857
Historical Sites
- Menomonie Downtown Historic District
Cemeteries
| Cemetery | Community |
| Beyer Settelment Cemetery (St. Katherine's) | Red Cedar |
| Cedar Falls Cemetery | Red Cedar |
| Clearview Cemetery | Eau Galle |
| East Pepin Cemetery | Rock Creek |
| Evergreen Cemetery | Elk Mound |
| Evergreen Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Falls City Cemetery | Spring Brook |
| Ford Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Forest Center Cemetery | Falls City |
| Forest Hill Cemetery | Stanton |
| Froens Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Grace Lutheran Cemetery | New Haven |
| Grandview Cemetery | Dunn |
| Halverson Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Hay River Cemetery | Hay River |
| Highland Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Hill Grove Cemetery | Colfax |
| Iron Creek Cemetery | Spring Brook |
| Irving Creek Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Little Elk Creek Cemetery | Red Cedar |
| Lower Running Valley Cemetery | Colfax |
| Lower Weston Cemetery | Weston |
| Lucas Cemetery | Hatchville |
| Mamre Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Mound Cemetery | Tiffany |
| Myran Cemetery | Sand Creek |
| New Haven Cemetery | New Haven |
| Norton Lutheran Cemetery | Tainter |
| Oak Grove Cemetery | Sheridan |
| Otter Creek Cemetery | Colfax |
| Our Saviors Cemetery | Wheeler |
| Peace Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Peru (Lock) Cemetery | Peru |
| Pine Creek (New Hope) | Wilson |
| Peterson Cemetery | Caryville |
| Pleasant Valley Cemetery | Dunnville |
| Popple Creek Cemetery | Otter Creek |
| Potters Field Cemetery | Dunn |
| Pownell Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Ridge Road Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Riverview Cemetery | Downsville |
| Rock Creek Cemetery | Meridean |
| Rock Falls Cemetery | Rock Falls |
| Rosehill Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Saint Henry's Cemetery | Eau Galle |
| Saint John Cemetery | Weston |
| Saint Joseph Cemetery | Mondovi |
| Saint Paul's Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Sand Hill Cemetery | Caryville |
| Sherman Cemetery | Sherman |
| Spring Brook Cemetery | Spring Brook |
| Teegarden Cemetery | Lucas |
| Tiffany Cemetery | Boyceville |
| Tollebu Cemetery | Tiffany |
| Tramway Cemetery | Menomonie |
| Upper Popple Creek Cemetery | Otter Creek |
| Vanceburg Cemetery | Sheridan |
| Waneka Cemetery | Spring Brook |
| West Akers Cemetery | New Haven |
| Weber Valley Cemetery | Eau Galle |
| Zion Cemetery | Sand Creek |
Resources
- Curtiss-Wedge, F. & Geo. O. Jones, eds. History of Dunn County, Wisconsin (H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Minneapolis, Minn., 1925)
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