Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its estimated population in 2007 was 476,785. The county seat is Madison. The U.S. Census Bureau's Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Dane County (as well as neighboring Iowa and Columbia counties). Dane County is made up of more than 60 cities, towns, and villages.
Dane County is the second most populous county in Wisconsin behind Milwaukee County. The governing body of D...
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Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its estimated population in 2007 was 476,785. The county seat is Madison. The U.S. Census Bureau's Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Dane County (as well as neighboring Iowa and Columbia counties). Dane County is made up of more than 60 cities, towns, and villages.
Dane County is the second most populous county in Wisconsin behind Milwaukee County. The governing body of Dane County is the Dane County Board of Supervisors.
Dane County was formed in 1836 as a territorial county. It was named after Nathan Dane, a Massachusetts delegate to the Congress of the Confederation who helped carve Wisconsin out of the Northwest Territory.
As of the census of 2000, there were 426,526 people, 173,484 households, and 100,794 families residing in the county. The population density was 355 people per square mile (137/km²). There were 180,398 housing units at an average density of 150 per square mile (58/km²). The racial makeup...
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