La Pointe County

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The La Pointe County was a county that from the February 19, 1845 St. Croix County was formed and initially in the former Wisconsin Territory was. A line of the mouth of the Ripple River - Lac Courte Oreilles - West Fork Montreal River was used as the boundary . When Wisconsin became an official state on May 29, 1848 , part of the county was not assigned to the new state. Itasca County was formed from the remaining parts when, on March 3, 1849, the Minnesota Territory was formed from the Iowa Territory and, at the same time, the areas of the Wisconsin Territory that had not been incorporated into Wisconsin or the Iowa Territory, this new one Territory have been assigned. The other part became part of the new state of Wisconsin. On February 8, 1854, Douglas County was formed from a part of the county , and Ashland County on March 27, 1860 . On April 12, 1866, La Pointe County was renamed Bayfield County .