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About Walworth CountyThe territory of Wisconsin was created by act of Congress in 1836 out of what had been till then a part of the Territory of Michigan. Walworth County was set apart in 1839, having been before that date included in Racine County. It was named in honor of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth of New York State. The town of Elkhorn, located at the exact geographical center of the county, was selected as the county seat. The county forms an exact square, 24 miles on a side, containing 576 square miles. It is divided, checkerboard fashion, into sixteen townships of 36 square miles each-each a square, 6 miles on a side The oldest single institution of the community life of the entire county is the "County Fair". The first exhibition was held in East Troy in October of 1850, moving to Elkhorn in 1851 |
County Available for Adoption.Walworth County, WIGenWeb Project is available for Adoption. To adopt a county in Wisconsin, first check the County List to see if the county you wish to adopt is available. If it is available, email the State Coordinator, Tina Vickery, with the subject “ADOPT” and the name of the county. She will verify that the county is available, and will contact you. |
 About the WIGenWeb Project.In June, as the Kentucky Project was coming to completion, it was decided to create this page for all states, establishing the USGenWeb Project. Volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the collection of county pages for a state page. If you would like to contribute your data or create a county page within a given state, please contact the person responsible for maintaining that state's page. If you would like to volunteer in any way to help with this site contact Tina Vickery. |
 About the USGenWeb Project.In the spring of 1996, a group of genealogists with mutual interests in Kentucky genealogy got together and discussed ways and means of using the internet for comprehensive geenalogical resources. This resulted in a project to build web sites for every county in Kentucky. This idea quickly spread to other states and by the end of the summer of 1996, the USGenweb Project was born.
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