GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA. 
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west and coming out of the higher portions of the county, have 
considerable fall. Water power is being used in a limited way 
on these streams at Big Falls, Waupaca, Manawa, and Weyau- 
wega. There is considerable water power on these small streams 
which is still undeveloped. The water supply for stock and 
farming purposes throughout the county is. excellent. In the 
eastern half of the county there are many flowing wells and in 
the western half excellent water can be secured without diffi¬ 
culty. 
The first settler is reported to have arrived in Waupaca 
County in 1843, settling at the present site of Fremont. By 
1849 a number of settlers had taken up lands in the southern 
part of the county. The county was organized practically as 
now existing, in 1851—claims to the territory being finally sur¬ 
rendered by the Menomonie Indians in 1852. 
In 1910 the population *of Waupaca County was 32,782. Of 
the total population 83.7% is classed in the census report as 
rural. The density of the rural population is given as 36.1% 
persons per square mile. 
Waupaca, the county seat, had a population in 1910 of 2,789. 
New London, with a population of nearly 4,000, is located on 
the east county line, partly in Waupaca and partly in Outa¬ 
gamie County. Among other towns and villages within the 
area are Clintonville, Marion, Manawa, Ogdensbiirg, Scandi¬ 
navia, Iola, Weyauwega, Fremont, Royalton and Northport. 
Three railway systems have lines extending into this county. 
These railroads offer good transportation facilities to nearly all 
portions of the county. In the southwestern portion and in 
other regions where the soils are sandy, the wagon roads are 
usually of a sandy nature. Throughout the remainder of the 
county where the soils are heavier, the roads are naturally bet¬ 
ter. In many places they have been macadamized, and new and 
improved highways are constantly being built. Rural mail de¬ 
livery routes reach all parts of the county, and the telephone is 
in common use through the country districts. 
The towns within the county provide markets for consider¬ 
able farm produce, but most of the surplus from the farms is 
shipped to outside markets. Live stock goes mostly to Chicago 
* In the edition of this report published by the U. S. Bureau of Soils 
the population of Waupaca County was erroneously given as 23,782 
for 19il0. 
