Calumet County, Wisconsin Genealogy and History
Established: 1836
County Seat: Chilton
Parent: Territorial County
* Records before the establishment of the county may be in the parent records.
The county's name originated from the word calumet, which was a ceremonial pipe used by Native Americans in councils on the east shore of Lake Winnebago.
Neighboring Counties
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From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855
CALUMET.--Population 3,633 (1855)
pg. 51-52
Lies on the cast shore of Lake Winnebago, and is yet but slightly settled compared with its surrounding neighbors. It is covered with a heavy growth of hard timber, and contains what was for a long time the Stockbridge Indian Reservation. These two causes, kept the settlers from this county until Winnebago, on the west side of the Lake, with the attractions of timber, openings and prairies had so far out-stripped Calumet in population that there is little prospect of its reaching that degree of prosperity which its neighbors have acquired. There are still the remains of the Stockbridge and Brothertown Indians in the County occupying their well tilled farms. The County is well watered, and contains much excellent land yet unoccupied.
Within a few months Calumet has advanced more rapidly in population, than at any previous period. In 1850 the population, including about 300 Indians, was 1740, in 1855 exclusive of the same, it was 3,531.
Chilton Centre, a flourishing village is the County Seat.
This County is wholly in the Green Bay land district, and entries must be made at the land offices at Menasha.
General Genealogy and History Links
This section contains links to websites that have multiple databases or webpages with genealogical information.
- USGenWeb Archives - US GenWeb Archives for Calumet County -
- WIGenWeb - Genealogy and History Information Part of the WIGenWeb -
Vital Records
Birth, Death, & Marriage Records:
Earliest Registration Dates*:
Births 1858
Deaths 1856
Marriages 1850
Calumet Register of Deeds
206 Court St.
Chilton, WI 53014-1127
Telephone: (920) 849-1441
- Pre-1907 Vital Records Index at the Wisconsin Historical Society - Pre-1907 Vital Records Index at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Search for births, deaths and marriages. -
Cemetery and Obituary Links
- Tombstone Photograph Pages Calumet County - Calumet County Wisconsin Cemetery pages with photos of select tombstones. -
- Wisconsin, Calumet County, New Holstein Public Library Records, 1900-2001 - An obituary card file from the New Holstein Public Library. Obituaries come from the "New Holstein Report. -
Census Links
Censuses contain valuable information about families. This section contains links to transcribed censuses, census indexes or census images for the county.
- Calumet County, Wisconsin Online Historical Directories - City directories available. Some may have fees to view. -
Residents of the County
This section contains links to family tree websites, biographies and information about individuals that lived in the county.
Area History
This section contains links of published histories and historical information about the county, its villages, cities or towns. Sometimes within these histories is information about founders, or other people that settled in the area. It may also include ethnic or religious histories of the communities.
Maps and Atlases
Military
Societies, Libraries and Offline Resources
- Newspapers in Calumet County - List of county newspaper publications listed at the Library of Congress -
