Price County
WIGenWeb

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Price County WIGenWeb is a free genealogical site about the history of the county. We hope you find helpful clues for your research of Price County ancestors.

COUNTY FORMATION

Price County was created on March 3, 1879, when Wisconsin Governor William E. Smith signed Chapter 103, Laws of 1879. Mr. W. T. Price, for whom Price County was named, was President of Wisconsin Senate and an early logger in Price County. The original boundaries, a near perfect rectangle, 31 miles wide and 42 miles long, still remain.

 

Volunteers Needed
Please consider contributing your pieces of Price county family history. Corrections, updates, and additions to this site are always welcome. Our combined efforts can make this a great site for all who visit!


If you would like to contribute information to this web site, or have books, cemetery surveys, vital records, obituaries, census records or any other genealogical information for Price County, WI and are a) willing to volunteer to do LookUps for others or b) willing to let their information be indexed for the site. Please contact the county coordinator. Thanks!
  

County Coordinator: Jenni Werkmeister

Assistant State Coordinator: Rebecca Maloney

State Coordinator: Marcia Kuehl


Many thanks to the former County Coordinator Tami Lorbecke for maintaining this site for so many years.


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This page was last updated 09/18/2025