Douglas County was named in honor of Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. senator from Illinois (1847-61), and Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1860.

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[Source: Kellogg, Louise Phelps. "Derivation of County Names" in Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for 1909, pages 219-231.]