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Winneconne is a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,350 at the 2010 census. The Village of Winneconne is located within the town, on both sides of the Wolf River. The unincorporated community of Butte des Morts, named for a French and Native American trading war, is also located in the town. The town’s water resources of rivers and lakes makes it a center of hunting and fishing, including winter ice fishing.

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History

The name is a word derived from the Menominee language meaning “place of skulls”. It refers to a battle site of the French colonial era, in which the Sauk and Fox fought against the French, Menominee and Chippewa for control over the regional fur trade and other resources. It also refers to a nearby prehistoric indigenous burial mound, the namesake for Lake Butte des Morts.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.7 square miles (87.2 km), of which 21.5 square miles (55.8 km) is land and 12.1 square miles (31.4 km), or 36.02%, is water. This is the area of the Wolf Chain, a series of connected lakes along the river.

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