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Saint Croix County, includes "all that portion of the Territory of Wisconsin, which lies north and west of a line commencing at the mouth of Porcupine river on Lake Pepin, thence up said river to its first forks, thence on a direct line to the Meadow fork of the Red Cedar river, thence up that river to Long Lake, thence along the canoe route to Lac Courtorielle, thence to the nearest point on the west fork of the Montreal river, thence down said river to Lake Superior, thence north to the United States boundary line"- It is bounded on the north by Canada, east by Mighican, and the county of Crawford, south by Crawford county and Iowa Territory and west by Iowa Territory. It embraces a large extent of territory of irregular form, much of which is yet but imperfectly known. Saint Croix county was set off from Crawford and organized as a separate county in 1840. Its population in 1840 was 809 (809) and in 1842 it was estimated to be 1200. The county seat is Dacota. In 1847, attached to Crawford for Judicial purposes. Officers hold forth at Red Stone Prairie on the Miss. (Laws 1843 p. 5[7?]1?

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Saint Croix County, includes "all that portion of the Territory of Wisconsin, which lies north and west of a line commencing at the mouth of Porcupine river on Lake Pepin, thence up said river to its first forks, thence on a direct line to the Meadow fork of the Red Cedar river, thence up that river to Long Lake, thence along the canoe route to Lac Courtorielle, thence to the nearest point on the west fork of the Montreal river, thence down said river to Lake Superior, thence north to the United States boundary line"- It is bounded on the north by Canada, east by Mighican, and the county of Crawford, south by Crawford county and Iowa Territory and west by Iowa Territory. It embraces a large extent of territory of irregular form, much of which is yet but imperfectly known. Saint Croix county was set off from Crawford and organized as a separate county in 1840. Its population in 1840 was 809 (809) and in 1842 it was estimated to be 1200. The county seat is Dacota. In 1847, attached to Crawford for Judicial purposes. Officers hold forth at Red Stone Prairie on the Miss. (Laws 1843 p. 5[7?]1?

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