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34-574: Clyman is a village in Dodge County , Wisconsin , United States. The population was 397 at the 2020 census . The village is surrounded by the Town of Clyman . A post office called Clyman has been in operation since 1849. The village was named for James Clyman , a pioneer and frontiersman. Clyman is located at 43°18′46″N 88°43′11″W  /  43.31278°N 88.71972°W  / 43.31278; -88.71972 (43.313002, -88.719895). According to

68-526: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

102-597: A Republican stronghold in presidential elections. It has voted Republican in every election in that span with the exception of the 1964 landslide victory of Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson . Only six other times in that span has the Democratic candidate obtained at least 40% of the vote. In 2024, Donald Trump received over 65% of the vote in Dodge County, the best Republican performance since the 1956 landslide reelection of Dwight D. Eisenhower . Historically, Dodge County had been

136-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

170-646: A county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of the later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of

204-602: A major stronghold of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, from the establishment of the state, in 1848, until the 1910s, when a combination of World War I and the rise of the progressive faction of Republicans began to eat into the Democratic vote in the county. A significant factor in the switch was the anti-war attitude among the county's large German American population. Democratic president Woodrow Wilson and Wisconsin's Democratic U.S. senator Paul O. Husting (who

238-568: A total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With the increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized

272-593: Is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

306-723: The People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized the counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when

340-539: The Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of the imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of

374-587: The U.S. state of Wisconsin . As of the 2020 census , the population was 89,396. Its county seat is Juneau . The county was created from the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and organized in 1844. Dodge County comprises the Beaver Dam , WI Micropolitan Statistical Area , which is included in the Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area . According to the U.S. Census Bureau ,

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408-515: The United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in

442-480: The United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 0.37 square miles (0.96 km), all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 422 people, 163 households, and 111 families living in the village. The population density was 1,140.5 inhabitants per square mile (440.3/km). There were 177 housing units at an average density of 478.4 per square mile (184.7/km). The racial makeup of

476-407: The census of 2000, there were 388 people, 153 households, and 104 families living in the village. The population density was 1,605.2 people per square mile (624.2/km). There were 163 housing units at an average density of 674.4 per square mile (262.2/km). The racial makeup of the village was 95.88% White , 1.03% Native American , 1.80% from other races , and 1.29% from two or more races. 4.64% of

510-411: The provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in

544-427: The age of 18 living with them, 59.60% were married couples living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 24.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.05. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.80% under

578-465: The age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 31.20% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 109.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.80 males. In 2017, there were 758 births, giving a general fertility rate of 54.0 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the 12th lowest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties. Since 1940, Dodge County has been

612-530: The county has a total area of 907 square miles (2,350 km ), of which 876 square miles (2,270 km ) is land and 31 square miles (80 km ) (3.5%) is water. The 6,718 acre Beaver Dam Lake and the 2,713 acre Fox Lake are found within the county. As of the census of 2020 , the population was 89,396. The population density was 102.1 people per square mile (39.4 people/km ). There were 38,123 housing units at an average density of 43.5 units per square mile (16.8 units/km ). The racial makeup of

646-488: The county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in the United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated,

680-491: The county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of the county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where

714-538: The county was 88.8% White, 3.1% Black or African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.5% Native American, 2.4% from other races, and 4.6% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 6.1% Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2000 , there were 85,897 people, 31,417 households, and 22,313 families residing in the county. The population density was 97 people per square mile (37 people/km ). There were 33,672 housing units at an average density of 38 units per square mile (15 units/km ). The racial makeup of

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748-569: The county was 95.28% White, 2.49% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.87% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. 2.55% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Ancestry-wise, 56.2% were of German , 8.7% Irish , 5.0% English , 4.2% Norwegian and 3.9% selected " United States or American " ancestry. 95.4% spoke English , 2.2% Spanish and 2.0% other Indo-European languages as their language spoken at home. There were 31,417 households, out of which 33.90% had children under

782-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

816-611: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

850-432: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 153 households, out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

884-764: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

918-570: The term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of

952-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

986-538: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

1020-470: The village was $ 40,000, and the median income for a family was $ 50,625. Males had a median income of $ 34,821 versus $ 23,667 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 16,346. About 4.9% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.4% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over. Dodge County, Wisconsin Dodge County is a county located in

1054-556: The village was 95.3% White , 0.5% African American , 1.2% Native American , 0.2% Asian , and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.7% of the population. There were 163 households, of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 9.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.9% were non-families. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who

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1088-412: Was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.05. In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.1 males. The median income for a household in

1122-405: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.03. The median age in the village was 38.9 years. 23.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.4% were from 25 to 44; 27.9% were from 45 to 64; and 10.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 52.1% male and 47.9% female. As of

1156-593: Was actually from Dodge County) supported the declaration of war against Germany in 1917, while progressive Republican leader Robert M. La Follette was one of only six senators who voted against the resolution. In the next presidential election, Dodge County gave 77% of its votes to the Republican nominee—the largest majority the county has given to either party in the last 130 years. 43°25′N 88°43′W  /  43.42°N 88.71°W  / 43.42; -88.71 County seat In Canada ,

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