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Waupaca County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Named after
- Menominee word, "Wāpahkoh," meaning "Place of Tomorrow Seen Clearly"
- Seat
- Waupaca
- Largest city
- New London
- Total
- 765 sq mi (1,980 km )
- Land
- 748 sq mi (1,940 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 2.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 51,461
- Density
- 69.3/sq mi (26.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .waupacacounty-wi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Waupaca
- Capital
- Waupaca
- Population
- 51812
- Area
- 765
- Shares border with
- Portage County
- Official website
- www.co.waupaca.wi.us
- Image
- WaupacaCountyWisconsinCourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 22486
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- Commons category
- Waupaca County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Waupaca County, Wisconsin
- inception
- 1853-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 2.3
- native label
- Waupaca County
- per capita income
- 33784
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Waupaca County (/wəˈpækə/ wə-PAK-ə) is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,812. The county seat is Waupaca. The county was created in 1851 and organized in 1853. It is named after the Waupaca River, a Menominee language name meaning "place of tomorrow seen clearly."
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waupaca County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.