Outagamie
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Outagamie

County

Territory

  • officials recorded 2
  • partly recorded 10
  • nothing recorded 1
GEOID
55087
OCD-ID
ocd-division/country:us/state:wi/county:outagamie
POP
195,894 (2025)
CENTER
44.4161, -88.4649
SOURCE
census tiger

Government of Outagamie

Bodies, seats, agencies and services that belong to Outagamie itself. Jurisdictions inside it are listed separately below.

No seats recorded.

Organization 30

Departments

  • County-owned airport offering nonstop flights to 22 destinations.

  • County skilled nursing facility offering short-term rehabilitation and long-term nursing services.

  • Handles new case filings, court payments, record requests, jury administration, and juvenile and adoption case questions for the Outagamie County Circuit Courts.

  • Investigates all reportable deaths that occur within Outagamie County, in accordance with Wisconsin Statute 979.01. To report a death, contact the Sheriff's non-emergency number, 920-832-5000, to have the on-duty Coroner paged.

  • The County Clerk is an elected state constitutional officer. Responsibilities include elections administration, marriage licensing, and serving as secretary to the County Board of Supervisors.

  • Handles property tax inquiries and payments (second installments and delinquent taxes), mailing address changes, general invoice payments, and unclaimed funds.

  • Community-based criminal justice programs and programs within the Outagamie County Jail, including pretrial services, the Safe Exchange Program, SSTOP, the Victim Impact Panel, treatment courts and jail-based programming.

  • GIS maps and property information, permits, land use, zoning and sanitary (POWTS) regulation, the County Surveyor, real property listing and addressing, and planning and community development.

  • Office of the elected District Attorney, located in the County Government Center, Level 1.

  • Emergency Management Emergency Management

    Prepares communities and responders to prevent, respond to, and recover from disasters through planning, training, and exercises.

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Outagamie County, extending university knowledge to county communities.

  • Schedules and conducts hearings on divorce and paternity cases, handles domestic abuse and harassment injunction petitions, and runs the Family Court Self Help Office.

  • Mediation and evaluation services for parents unable to resolve conflicts over legal custody, physical placement and periods of placement of their children.

  • Supports community well-being by protecting vulnerable residents, preventing crisis, strengthening families, and promoting independence. Divisions include Aging & Long-Term Support, Child Support & Economic Support, Children Youth & Families, Mental Health/AODA, Public Health, and Youth & Family Services.

  • Constructs and maintains the county trunk highway system (lettered highways), supports state and local roadway services, and issues highway permits.

  • Human Resources Human Resources

    Job openings, application information, and benefits for current and prospective Outagamie County employees.

  • Information Technology Information Technology
  • Land management guidance and conservation services: farmland preservation, watershed plans, nutrient management plans, equipment rental, and the Outagamie County Drainage Board.

  • Supports the County Board of Supervisors with research, program analysis, unbiased information, and office and meeting management.

  • County facilities maintenance.

  • Leads and manages all county departments and programs, oversees the county budget, participates in law-making, and provides information about county government activities. The county executive is elected every four years in a nonpartisan election.

  • Provides law enforcement, corrections (the Outagamie County Jail), civil process, and the public safety communications center for Outagamie County. Non-emergency dispatch: (920) 832-5000.

  • Parks Department Parks & Recreation

    Operates Outagamie County parks including Plamann Park, the Children's Farm, Mosquito Hill Nature Center, Wolf River access sites and trails.

  • Outagamie County Public Health: communicable disease, environmental health licensing and inspections, injury prevention, maternal and child health, WIC, and emergency preparedness.

  • Provides residents and businesses with recycling and landfill disposal services, operating one of the largest publicly owned single-stream recycling facilities in the United States.

  • Processes all paperwork associated with probate, guardianship/conservatorship and civil commitments.

  • The official county repository for real estate and vital records, including birth, death, marriage, divorce, and domestic partnership documents.

  • Helps veterans access their earned benefits, ID cards, VA health care and local veteran resources.

Services 26

  • Apply for a Highway Permit Highway Department
  • Apply for a Zoning, Sanitary or Land Use Permit Development & Land Services
  • Apply for County Jobs Human Resources
  • Birth Certificate Application Register of Deeds
  • Delinquent Tax Monthly Automatic Payment Authorization County Treasurer
  • Family Court Self Help Office Family Court Commissioner
  • Find Your Polling Place County Clerk
  • Jail Inmate List Outagamie County Sheriff's Office
  • Job Interest Cards Sign-Up Human Resources
  • Marriage License County Clerk
  • Mental Health Crisis Line Health & Human Services
  • Online Juror Questionnaire Clerk of Circuit Courts
  • Order a Free At-Home STI Test Kit Public Health Division
  • Order Certified Vital Records Online Register of Deeds
  • Pay Citations and Court Fees Online Clerk of Circuit Courts
  • Pay for Children Caught in the Middle Class Family Court Services
  • Pay Property Taxes Online County Treasurer
  • Pay Your Recycling & Solid Waste Bill Recycling & Solid Waste
  • Register to Vote County Clerk
  • Request an Absentee Ballot County Clerk
  • Reserve a Park Shelter Parks Department
  • Schedule a Car Seat Installation Appointment Public Health Division
  • Search Circuit Court Cases (CCAP) Clerk of Circuit Courts
  • Sheriff's Office Open Records Request Outagamie County Sheriff's Office
  • Tree Sale Land Conservation Department
  • What Do I Do With? Material Search Recycling & Solid Waste

Within Outagamie

Each of these governs itself. Counts are that jurisdiction's own records.

jurisdictions
13
agencies
69
bodies
5
officials
24
Name Agencies Bodies Officials
Appleton 6 1 16
Kaukauna 1 1 8
Greenville 9 0 0
Little Chute 11 0 0
Kimberly 7 0 0
Seymour 8 1 0
Combined Locks 5 1 0
Hortonville 5 0 0
Black Creek 4 0 0
Shiocton 5 0 0
Bear Creek 4 1 0
Nichols 4 0 0
Dale 0 0 0