[2] Waushara County is located in central Wisconsin, about 80 miles (130 km) north of Madison.

Waushara County was established by an act of the Wisconsin Legislature on February 15, 1851.

[3] The county seat was first located at Sacramento and was relocated to Wautoma in 1854 after a bitter fight between proponents of the two places.

24.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[14] Additionally, there were 10 reported induced abortions performed on women of Waushara County residence in 2017.

Only three Democrats have carried the county at a presidential level since the formation of the Republican Party – Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, Bill Clinton in 1996, and Barack Obama in 2008 – of whom only Roosevelt won an absolute majority.

In 1936, when Roosevelt carried Wisconsin by a two-to-one majority, Alf Landon won Waushara County by double digits, while it was one of only three Wisconsin counties, alongside Walworth and Waupaca, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson in 1964.