List of U.S. State Partition Proposals - Wisconsin

Wisconsin

• In 1967, the village of Winneconne seceded from Wisconsin for one day to protest its omission from the new state highway map.
• A culture common to the northern counties of Wisconsin, together with Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northeastern counties of Minnesota that is not shared as strongly with the southern portions of each state has resulted in considerations of forming a state known as Superior. These have not been taken very seriously, as most of the northern counties are dependent on the southern parts of their states for funding.
• It is often suggested around election times (sometimes humorously) that Milwaukee and/or Madison should form their own state based on their generally progressive politics and cultural differences compared to the rest of Wisconsin. Similarly, Kenosha County is often (sometimes pejoratively) referred to as "Northern Illinois" based on its status (as of the 2000 census) as a suburb of Chicago, and urged to formally join Illinois.