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Douglas County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Founded
- February 8, 1854
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Seat
- Superior
- Largest city
- Superior
- Total
- 1,480 sq mi (3,800 km )
- Land
- 1,304 sq mi (3,380 km )
- Water
- 176 sq mi (460 km ) 12%
- Estimate 2025
- 43,990
- Density
- 33.97/sq mi (13.12/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .douglascountywi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Maple
- Capital
- Superior
- Population
- 44295
- Area
- 3833
- Body of water
- Lake Superior
- Shares border with
- St. Louis County
- Official website
- www.douglascountywi.org
- Image
- 2009-0617-Superior-DouglasCtyCourt.jpg
- Households
- 18994
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- Commons category
- Douglas County, Wisconsin
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Douglas County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Douglas County, Wisconsin
- water as percent of area
- 12
- native label
- Douglas County
- inception
- 1854-02-09
- different from
- Douglas County
- per capita income
- 30960
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Encyclopedic overview
Douglas County is a county in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,295. Its county seat is Superior. Douglas County is included in the Duluth, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Douglas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.