At times there would be as many as one hundred living along the Lime Creek valley or about Coon Grove, and at other times there would be but a mere handful ... During the summer seasons they would cache their cooking utensils, leave their tepees standing and go northward into Minnesota to hunt and trap.

At that time the Winnebago agency was located about forty miles north of Forest City."

[13] Initial settlement was in the wooded eastern third of the county, with prairie and marshy areas in the west being settled after 1880.

[14] Early teachers in Winnebago County were required to be able to converse in the language of their pupils.

[17] A 1951 movie by the Rural Electrification Administration featured local residents describing the struggles for adequate phone service in Winnebago County, prior to the federal loan which enabled the Winnebago Cooperative Telephone Association to convert the area to modern dial service.

[18] The Winnebago Industries RV manufacturing company was founded in Forest City in 1958.

[19] The Winnebago Historical Society is located in the Mansion Museum in Forest City.

[1] † county seat Winnebago County has backed the statewide winner in every presidential election since 1996 with the exception of 2012, when it backed losing Republican Mitt Romney by just 3 votes over incumbent Democrat Barack Obama.