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  Marquette - History
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Established December 07, 1836
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedAshley July 22, 2012 05:05am
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March 19, 1860 -


MARQUETTE lost to GREEN LAKE. The boundary was demarcated later in 1860 and although it deviates in two small places from the legal description, the demarcated line is the modern boundary. (Wis. Laws 1860, gen., ch. 143, secs. 1-2/pp. 126-127)

June 08, 1858 - March 19, 1860


MARQUETTE lost to creation of GREEN LAKE. (HRS Wis., Origin, 127; Wis. Laws 1858, gen., ch. 17, secs. 1-2, 16/pp. 15-17, 20, and ch. 85, secs. 1-3, 10, 17/pp. 88-90, 94)

February 15, 1851 - June 08, 1858


MARQUETTE lost to creation of WAUSHARA. (Wis. Laws 1851, ch. 77, secs. 1, 5/pp. 56-57)

March 06, 1849 - February 15, 1851


MARQUETTE gained from BROWN and PORTAGE. (Wis. Laws 1849, ch. 73, sec. 1/p. 44)

March 06, 1848 - March 06, 1849


MARQUETTE lost jurisdiction of Overlap Area 2 to FOND DU LAC, ending dispute dating from 7 Dec 1836. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1848, pp. 79-80)

February 18, 1841 - March 06, 1848


MARQUETTE lost to BROWN and PORTAGE. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1840-1841, no. 38, secs. 1-3, 12/pp. 73-75)

January 06, 1840 - February 18, 1841


MARQUETTE lost northern part of the area jointly claimed by MARQUETTE and FOND DU LAC (Overlap Area 2) to creation of WINNEBAGO. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1839-1840, no. 12, secs. 8-10/pp. 18-20; Wis. Terr. Laws 1841-1842, p. 74)

December 07, 1836 - January 06, 1840


MARQUETTE created by Wisconsin Territory from BROWN. MARQUETTE overlapped the western part of FOND DU LAC, creating a dispute not settled until 6 Mar 1848. (Wis. Terr. Laws 1836, no. 28, secs. 12, 14, p. 94)

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