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Sauk County is a county in Wisconsin. It is named after a large village of the Sauk people. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,763. Its county seat and largest city is Baraboo. The county was created in 1840 from Wisconsin Territory and organized in 1844. Sauk County comprises the Baraboo, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Madison metropolitan area.
The Baraboo River is a tributary of the Wisconsin River, in south-central Wisconsin in the United States. Via the Wisconsin River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The Baraboo River also has one of the longest stretches of free-flowing river in the United States, with the removal of four dams in the 1990s leading to 112 miles of unimpeded river flow.
The University of Wisconsin–Platteville Baraboo Sauk County is a branch campus of the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, located in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Founded in 1968, it was known as University of Wisconsin–Baraboo/Sauk County and was a part of the University of Wisconsin Colleges. It joined UW-Platteville in 2018 as a branch campus following dissolution of the UW-Colleges system. The University offers 5 associate degrees and 1 bachelor's degree entirely on campus, while students have the option of changing campuses to Platteville main or online for additional degree programs.
The Battle of Waddams Grove, also known as the Battle of Yellow Creek was part of the Black Hawk War. It took place in present-day Stephenson County, Illinois on June 18, 1832. After several incidents of Sauk Indian raids on settlers along the Apple River, Captain James W. Stephenson left Galena with a group of volunteer militia in pursuit of the Native party. The group clashed on June 18, 1832 near Yellow Creek and the ensuing battle descended into a bayonet and knife fight in which several Sauk and three militia men were killed. Stephenson was severely wounded by a musketball to the chest during the fighting. The dead were eventually interred in a memorial cemetery in Kellogg's Grove, Illinois where a stone monument was erected in memory of those killed during the war.
Dell Creek is a warm freshwater stream that lies in northeastern Sauk County and southern Juneau County in central Wisconsin. Dell Creek was named from the dells which occur along its course. Dell Creek is a warm water sport fishery for the lower 1.5 miles and a Class II trout stream for the upper 10.5 miles of its length. The creek is classified as an exceptional resource water. Much of Dell Creek's length in Sauk County is publicly owned.
The Yellow River is a tributary of the Wisconsin River in Clark, Wood and Juneau counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Badger Valley is a valley in Sauk County, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Bear Creek is a stream in Richland and Sauk counties, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is a tributary of the Wisconsin River.
Big Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States.
Copper Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States.
Hay Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States. It joins the Baraboo River in Reedsburg, Wisconsin.
Honey Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a tributary of the Wisconsin River. It was so named because early settlers collected the honey of bees there. It also lends its name to the town of Honey Creek.
Rowley Creek is a stream in Sauk and Columbia counties, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is a tributary to the Baraboo River.
Leech Creek is a stream in Columbia and Sauk counties, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Narrows Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Baraboo River.
Otter Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States.
Pine Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States.
Plum Creek is a stream in Sauk and Vernon counties, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Rattlesnake Knob is a summit in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States. With an elevation of 1,204 feet (367 m), Rattlesnake Knob is the 105th highest summit in the state of Wisconsin. The summit lies adjacent to the Haystack Hills and about five miles west of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin along route H.
Wilson Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skillet Creek
- ↑ Cole, Harry Ellsworth (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 416.
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