Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Portage County, Wisconsin.

Official Website

Portage County was created from the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and organized in 1844. It is named for the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers; Portage County originally included the portage, but boundary changes detached the county from its namesake.

Adjacent Counties

• Marathon County
• Shawano County
• Wood County
• Adams County
• Waushara County
• Waupaca County

Cities & Villages

• Almond
• Amherst
• Amherst Junction
• Junction City
• Milladore (part)
• Nelsonville
• Park Ridge
• Plover
• Stevens Point (County Seat)
• Whiting

Other Towns & Communities

Alban | Amherst | Arnott | Badger | Bancroft | Belmont | Blaine | Buena Vista | Carson | Casimir | Coddington | Custer | Dewey | Dopp | Ellis | Esker | Eau Pleine | Fancher | Garfield | Grant | Heffron (part) | Hull | Keene | Keller (part) | Lake Emily | Lanark | Linwood | Meehan | Mill Creek | New Hope | North Star | Peru | Pine Grove | Plover | Polonia | Rocky Run | Sharon | Stockton | Torun | West Almond | West Bancroft

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Wisconsin

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Stevens Point Genealogical Society

Portage County Public Library Genealogy & Local History

Genealogy Trails

Museum at the Portage

Portage County Historical Society

Roots Web