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Dane County was created in 1836 as a territorial county
and is named after Nathan Dane, a delegate to the first Continental
Congress from Massachusetts. Dane helped make Wisconsin the last
state to come from the land seeded from Northwest Territories.
Area 1,202.2 sq miles
Elevation 863 ft at Madison
Number of Lakes 36
Area in Lakes 21,520 acres (33.63 sq miles)
Rivers Little Sugar, Sugar, Yahara, Maunesha,
Pecatonica
Major Watershed Rock River, Wisconsin River
(Northwest)
Geographical Province East: Eastern Ridges and
Lowlands. Southwest:
Western Upland
Natural Vegetation Oak savanna, scattered patches
of prairie bluestem
and composites. North-west corner and southeast:
sedge meadows.
Population
1930: 112,737
1970: 290,272
1980: 323,545
1990: 367,085
Estimated 1999: 428,563
September 11, 2001
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