Ashland County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Founded
- March 27, 1860
- Named after
- Henry Clay's farm Ashland
- Seat
- Ashland
- Largest city
- Ashland
- Total
- 2,292 sq mi (5,940 km )
- Land
- 1,045 sq mi (2,710 km )
- Water
- 1,247 sq mi (3,230 km ) 54%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,203
- Density
- 15.34/sq mi (5.922/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- ashlandcountywi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ashland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,027. Its county seat is Ashland. The county was formed on March 27, 1860, from La Pointe County. The county partly overlaps with the reservation of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
History
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