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Iowa County, Wisconsin

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40historic places

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1830formed

23,709pop. 2020

40cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 40 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Barneveld, Brigham, Dodgeville.

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 40 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

40 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Archeological Site No. 47Ia167	Brigham	Site	1992
Archeological Site No. 47Ia168	Brigham	Site	1992
Brisbane, William Henry, House	Arena	Building	1990
Carden Rockshelter	Brigham	Site	1993
Cassidy Farmhouse	Barneveld	Building	1986
DNR #4 Rockshelter	Brigham	Site	1991
DNR No. 5 Archeological Site	Brigham	Site	1992
Dodge Mining Camp Cabin	Dodgeville	Building	2005
Gottschall Site (47Ia80)	Highland	Site	1983
Grove Street Historic District	Barneveld	District	1986
Harris House	Barneveld	Building	1986
Hole-in-the-Wall #1 Cave	Brigham	Site	1991
Hyde Chapel	Ridgeway	District	1988
Ihm House	Barneveld	Building	1986
Iowa County Courthouse	Dodgeville	Building	1972
Iowa Street Historic District	Dodgeville	District	1996
Jones, David J. and Maggie, House	Dodgeville	Building	1994
Kittleson House	Barneveld	Building	1986
Linden High School	Linden	Building	1993
Linden Methodist Church	Linden	Building	1978
Mayland Cave	Dodgeville	Site	1978
McCoy Rock Art Site	Moscow	Site	1991
Mineral Point Hill	Mineral Point	Site	1972
Mineral Point Historic District	Mineral Point	District	1971
Old Rock School	Dodgeville	Building	1978
Pendarvis (Additional Documentation)	Mineral Point	District	1971
Plum Grove Primitive Methodist Church	Ridgeway	Building	1995
Pulaski Presbyterian Church Complex	Pulaski	Building	2013
Rainbow Cave	Barneveld	Site	1995
Roberts House	Barneveld	Building	1988
Roethlisberger House	Barneveld	Building	1986
Sawle Mound Group Archeological District	Arena	District	1991
Shiprock Rockshelter	Pulaski	Site	1992
Shot Tower	Spring Green	Structure	1973
Spensley Farm	Mineral Point	Building	1997
Spring Green Restaurant	Wyoming	Building	2024
Taliesin NHL	Spring Green	District	1973
Thomas Stone Barn	Brigham	Building	2001
Unity Chapel	Spring Green	Building	1974
Wyoming Valley School	Wyoming	Building	2016

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Iowa was formed in 1830 (1830-01-01) from Crawford.

IOWA created by Michigan Territory from CRAWFORD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Iowa County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,587	3,978	18,967	23,628	23,114	21,504	20,595	19,610	19,631	19,802	22,780	23,709

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

40 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 40 of 40 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Arena Cemetery	43.16267	-89.89785
Avoca Cemetery	43.18109	-90.31567
Bethel Cemetery	43.03872	-89.89043
Blabaum Cemetery	43.07556	-90.30497
Bloomfield Cemetery	42.94169	-90.21161
Davis Cemetery	43.15455	-89.96072
Dover Culver Cemetery	43.16259	-89.83889
East Side Cemetery	42.9586	-90.12151
Eastside Cemetery	43.00666	-89.98651
Enger Cemetery	43.0288	-90.27845
Garrison Grove Cemetery	42.94228	-90.05474
Graceland Cemetery	42.85749	-90.19456
Graceland Cemetery	42.85029	-90.03355
Griffith Cemetery	43.03243	-90.05359
Jenneton Baptist Cemetery	43.02122	-89.9518
Jenneton Cemetery	43.01689	-89.94743
Kirkpatrick Cemetery	42.8247	-90.42654
Laxey Cemetery	42.93821	-90.23162
Little German Church On Top Of The Hill Cemetery	42.91534	-90.38374
Long Valley Cemetery	42.90074	-89.93271
Mifflin Cemetery	42.86385	-90.35068
Mount Hope Cemetery	43.00356	-90.25583
North Otter Creek Cemetery	43.15192	-90.2276
Old Helena Cemetery	43.14628	-90.04562
Penniel Cemetery	42.81808	-90.34144
Rock Church Cemetery	43.00746	-90.13399
Rockwell Mills Cemetery	43.01705	-90.0365
Ruggles Cemetery	43.04943	-90.00484
Saint Bridget's Cemetery	42.98024	-90.01297
Saint Joseph Cemetery	42.9486	-90.12956
Saint Joseph's Cemetery	43.18031	-90.31522
Saint Malachy Cemetery	43.10426	-90.24985
Saint Mary's Cemetery	42.87224	-90.17399
Saint Patricks Calvary Cemetery	42.86807	-89.9745
Saint Paul Cemetery	42.85721	-90.18929
Salome Welsh Baptist Cemetery	42.83875	-90.29968
Thomas Cemetery	42.95296	-90.31019
Valley View Cemetery	43.03716	-90.09507
White Church Cemetery	43.01901	-89.88092
Wyoming Cemetery	43.10729	-90.11024

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Adamsville	42.90718	-89.91257

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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