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Clark County, Wisconsin

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
22historic places
—earliest paper
1853formed
34,659pop. 2020
53cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 22 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Neillsville, Owen, Pine Valley.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Wisconsin is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Clark titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 22 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

22 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Calway, Forrest D. and Marian, HouseNeillsvilleBuilding2005
Clark County JailNeillsvilleBuilding1978
Cornelius, Charles and Theresa, HouseNeillsvilleBuilding2013
Dickinson, Decatur and Kate, HouseNeillsvilleBuilding2007
First Church of Christ, ScientistNeillsvilleBuilding2003
Foote, Charles, HousePine ValleyBuilding1997
Hediger, Herman M. and Hanna, HouseNeillsvilleBuilding2013
Hein, John and Maria, HouseNeillsvilleBuilding2006
Neillsville Downtown Historic DistrictNeillsvilleDistrict2000
Neillsville Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)NeillsvilleDistrict2004
Neillsville Masonic Temple Lodge No. 163NeillsvilleBuilding2004
Neillsville Post OfficeNeillsvilleBuilding2000
Neillsville StandpipeNeillsvilleStructure2013
Omaha HotelNeillsvilleBuilding2013
Owen High SchoolOwenBuilding2004
Schofield, Robert, HouseGreenwoodBuilding1982
Silver Dome Ballroom, TheHewettBuilding1997
Sniteman, Charles C. and Katharyn, HouseNellisvilleBuilding2011
Trogner, George W. and Sarah, HouseNeillsvilleBuilding2005
Tufts, William B. and Jennie, HouseNeillsvilleBuilding2012
Wisconsin PavilionNeillsvilleBuilding2012
Woodland HotelOwenBuilding2016

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Clark was formed in 1853 (1853-07-06) from Jackson.

CLARK created from JACKSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Clark County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

35k18k7891860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
78910,71525,84835,12033,97232,45931,52732,91033,55734,659

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

53 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 53 of 53 listed
NameLatLon
Abbotsford Cemetery44.95619-90.31826
Beaver Cemetery44.81685-90.44412
Butler Cemetery44.79969-90.83064
Colby Cemetery44.90342-90.33609
Coles Cemetery44.74264-90.35576
Columbia Cemetery44.52367-90.70975
Dells Dam Cemetery44.47552-90.65981
East Cemetery44.96663-90.7918
East Side Cemetery44.64694-90.6183
East Side Cemetery44.95943-90.91186
Eidsvold Cemetery44.96711-90.86723
Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery44.88648-90.60213
Forest Hill Cemetery44.83882-90.63969
Germanian Cemetery44.93038-90.84414
Greenwood City Cemetery44.76495-90.60402
Holy Family Cemetery44.72799-90.7258
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery44.78555-90.66415
Immanuel United Methodist Church Cemetery44.61269-90.37655
Levis Cemetery44.48704-90.5998
Longwood Cemetery44.9245-90.61881
Loyal City Cemetery44.73347-90.49205
Lynn Cemetery44.58162-90.39068
Mentor Cemetery44.54329-90.90375
Nazareth Cemetery44.96397-90.59843
Neillsville City Cemetery44.56801-90.58402
North Dorchester Memorial Cemetery45.01005-90.33549
North Pine Valley Cemetery44.58948-90.65226
Norwegian Cemetery44.90102-90.83105
Pine Grove Cemetery44.7555-90.47513
Pine Hill Cemetery44.97353-90.4334
Riverside Cemetery44.95229-90.62997
Saint Anthony Cemetery44.74945-90.49641
Saint Bernard Cemetery44.96663-90.79278
Saint Hedwig New Cemetery44.96538-90.79154
Saint Hedwig Old Cemetery44.96121-90.76187
Saint Johns Cemetery44.84621-90.40844
Saint Marys Cemetery44.56797-90.58731
Saint Marys Cemetery44.76379-90.58813
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery44.95804-90.44901
Salem Cemetery44.71352-90.37635
Seif Cemetery44.66887-90.74088
Sherwood Cemetery44.46692-90.35049
Trinity Cemetery44.76294-90.49436
Veefkind Cemetery44.6913-90.37616
West Spencer Cemetery44.75815-90.32094
West Weston Cemetery44.63951-90.65916
Willard Cemetery44.73453-90.73185
Windfall Cemetery44.59449-90.45703
Winnebago Indian Cemetery44.44374-90.67558
Worden Cemetery44.88264-90.8819
Yolo Cemetery44.61848-90.376
York Center Cemetery44.63231-90.50062
Zion Cemetery44.58283-90.45415
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Eadsville45.00969-90.86125
Kurth44.57413-90.4968
Trow44.49163-90.76264
Worden44.88663-90.88181

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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