Editing Waushara County, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
Waushara County was established by an act of the [[Wisconsin Legislature]] on February 15, 1851. It originally consisted of a single organized [[Waushara (town), Wisconsin|Town of Waushara]]. In 1852, the county achieved full organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WI_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=Wisconsin: Individual County Chronologies|website=Wisconsin Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=[[Newberry Library|The Newberry Library]]|date=2007|access-date=August 15, 2015|archive-date=April 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414132220/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WI_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The county seat was first located at [[Sacramento, Wisconsin|Sacramento]] and was relocated to Wautoma in 1854 after a bitter fight between proponents of the two places. The name is of [[Winnebago language|Ho-Chunk]] origin and is believed to mean "good land".<ref>{{cite news|title=Winnebago Took Its Name from an Indian Tribe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/915335/wisconsin_county_names/|newspaper=Appleton Post-Crescent|date=December 28, 1963|page=14|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 25, 2014}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8auCgAAQBAJ&q=Waushara+meaning&pg=PA346|title=The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names|first=Robert E.|last=Gard|date=September 9, 2015|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|isbn=9780870207082|via=Google Books}}</ref>