New Recording 25

The County Board's decision to move to Wapaka didn't settle the issue for the county residents. In the 1880s, when a new courthouse was built, towns like Manawa, Royalton, and New London all wanted to be the new seat. However, these attempts were unsuccessful, with the last recorded effort in 1914 to relocate the county seat from Wapaka. Even after the matter seemed settled and the County Board adjourned to Wapaka at last, the issue remained bubbling just under the surface for the good people of the county. And when the opportunity came to induce the seat away from Wapaka in the 1880s with the building of a new courthouse, several towns raised up bids to build new court buildings in their towns. Manawa, Royalton, and New London all briefly vied for the seat, but these were resolutely shut down and the last recorded effort to remove the county seat from Wapaka was in 1914.