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297 Walworth County

Is bounded on the north by Milwaukee and Jefferson counties; on the east by Racine; on the [west] south by the state of Illinois, and on the west by Rock county; embracing the townships numbered one two three and four, in the ranges numbered fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen. It is therefore twenty four miles square, and contains sixteen townships or five hundred and seventy six square miles or sections. It was set off from Milwaukee county in 1836, and organized as a separate county in 1838. The population of this flourishing county was then (1838) 1019; in 1840 it had more than doubled being 2611; and in 1842 it had almost doubled again being then 4618. The county seat is established at Elkhorn, which is exactly at the centre of the county.

This county occupies the high ground or summit between the waters of the Pishtaka which runs through

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297 Walworth County

Is bounded on the north by Milwaukee and Jefferson counties; on the east by Racine; on the [west] south by the state of Illinois, and on the west by Rock county; embracing the townships numbered one two three and four, in the ranges numbered fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen. It is therefore twenty four miles square, and contains sixteen townships or five hundred and seventy six square miles or sections. It was set off from Milwaukee county in 1836, and organized as a separate county in 1838. The population of this flourishing county was then (1838) 1019; in 1840 it had more than doubled being 2611; and in 1842 it had almost doubled again being then 4618. The county seat is established at Elkhorn, which is exactly at the centre of the county.

This county occupies the high ground or summit between the waters of the Pishtaka which runs through

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