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Green County, Wisconsin

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31historic places

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1837formed

37,093pop. 2020

31cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 31 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Monroe, New Glarus, Brodhead.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

21 of 31 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

31 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
1st and 2nd Street Historic District	New Glarus	District	2021
2nd Street Commercial Historic District	New Glarus	District	2021
Bingham, Judge John A., House	Monroe	Building	1976
Bintliff, Gen. James, House	Monroe	Building	1979
Blumer, Dr. Samuel, House	New Glarus	Building	1992
Cadiz Township Joint District No. 2 School	Browntown	Building	1996
Caradine Building	Monroe	Building	1979
Chalet of the Golden Fleece	New Glarus	Building	2015
Chenoweth, Frank L., House	Monroe	Building	1976
Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Depot	New Glarus	Building	2000
Cleveland's Hall and Blacksmith Shop	Brooklyn	Building	2010
Exchange Square Historic District	Brodhead	District	1984
First Methodist Church	Monroe	Building	1975
Freitag Homestead	Washington	Building	2005
Freitag's Pure Oil Service Station	Monroe	Building	1980
Green County Courthouse	Monroe	Building	1978
Hefty-Blum Farmstead	Washington	Building	2000
Hulburt, C.D., House	Monroe	Building	1979
Jennings, Janet, House	Monroe	Building	1976
Monroe Commercial District	Monroe	District	1982
Monroe Water Tower	Monroe	Structure	2005
New Glarus Hotel	New Glarus	Building	2025
New Glarus Public School and High School	New Clarus	Building	1998
New Glarus Town Hall	New Glarus	Building	2008
Regez, Jacob, Sr., House	Monroe	Building	1980
Smith, Francis West, House	Brodhead	Building	1979
Steinman, John C. and Barbara, House	Monticello	Building	2003
Ten Eyck, Albert and Minna, Round Barn	Spring Grove	Building	2016
West, Gen. Francis H., House	Monroe	Building	1975
White, F. F., Block	Monroe	Building	1979
Wilhelm Tell Schuetzen Haus and Park	New Glarus	Building	2022

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Green was formed in 1837 (1837-03-04) from Iowa.

GREEN created by Wisconsin Territory from IOWA and Non-County Area 2.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Green County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
933	19,808	21,729	22,719	21,568	23,146	24,172	25,851	30,012	33,647	37,093

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

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

Cemeteries — 31 of 31 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Basswood Cemetery	42.52723	-89.47872
Benkert Bushnell Cemetery	42.67038	-89.66138
Bethel Cemetery	42.57193	-89.67548
Calvary Cemetery	42.59409	-89.62317
Calvary Cemetery	42.60216	-89.68192
Clarence Cemetery	42.59417	-89.39817
Decatur Cemetery	42.62626	-89.41066
Dutch Hollow Cemetery	42.6729	-89.57932
Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery	42.81472	-89.64678
Exeter Cemetery	42.78435	-89.51669
Franklin Cemetery	42.58756	-89.73038
Greens Prairie Cemetery	42.80882	-89.74911
Greenwood Cemetery	42.59318	-89.62539
Highland Cemetery	42.73611	-89.59539
Hillcrest Cemetery	42.70157	-89.44203
Iliff Cemetery	42.63978	-89.6853
Johnson Cemetery	42.50322	-89.57842
Jug Prairie Cemetery	42.8142	-89.4096
Lewis Cemetery	42.65646	-89.78875
Martin Cemetery	42.51111	-89.79873
Michael Cemetery	42.58222	-89.76091
Moores Cemetery	42.62918	-89.46535
Mount Hope Cemetery	42.53417	-89.39539
Mount Vernon Cemetery	42.59528	-89.50372
Postville Cemetery	42.79942	-89.74904
Saint James Cemetery	42.83532	-89.52611
Saucerman Cemetery	42.54849	-89.76408
Shooks Prairie Cemetery	42.72003	-89.74264
Swiss Reformed Cemetery	42.81319	-89.64184
Ula Cemetery	42.814	-89.80635
Union Benkert Cemetery	42.71585	-89.65475

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Clarence	42.59059	-89.39835
Farmers Grove	42.78505	-89.72405
Mineral Point	42.71195	-89.46679
Willet	42.72339	-89.79409

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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