Category: Historic Timeline

Florence County created from Marinette County including part of Oconto that was transferred to Marinette on the same day.
Atlas of Historical County Borders

Breed was named for the first postmaster of the village, George M. Breed.  The first settler was James Knight who took a homestead.  People came on foot along Indian and animal trails as there was not a road through Oconto County until 1860.
Coordinates: 45°4′34″N 88°24′53″W

Morgan The Town of Morgan was originally a part of the town of Pensaukee. It is located along both sides of the north and south branches of the Pensaukee River and inland of The Bay, 15 miles. This was a rich, dense forested area.  In the years following the 1877 Pensaukee Tornado, families began migrating to the rich and fertile land on the upper branches of the Pensaukee River.
Coordinates: 44°48′26″N 88°10′40″W

Town of How was moved from Shawano County to Oconto County.
Atlas of Historical County Borders

Marinette County and a new county (now Langlade County) established from Oconto County
map | Atlas of Historical County Borders

One of several stopping off places used to feed teams and hungry loggers in early Oconto County history was Mountain. Fifty miles north of Jab Switch (now the city of Oconto), and on the banks of the north branch of the Oconto River, Thomas Mc Allen, his wife and six children built the first permanent home in 1877.
Coordinates: 45°9′17″N 88°26′20″W

The Pensaukee Tornado reduced the once large and prosperous town to total ruin, from which it never fully recovered.
Coordinates: 44°47′37″N 87°56′51″W

Order changing the boundaries of certain towns in Oconto County. Little Suamico added to Langlade, Oconto added to Marinette, Stiles added to Peshtigo, Oconto added to Stiles, and Stiles added to Gillett.
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Order defining the boundaries of the several towns of Oconto County: Little Suamico, Pensaukee, Langlade, Gillett, Stiles, Oconto, Maple Valley, Peshtigo, Marinette
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Organization of the Town of Langlade
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