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La Crosse County, Wisconsin

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
69historic places
—earliest paper
1851formed
120,784pop. 2020
42cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 69 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near La Crosse, LaCrosse, Onalaska.

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 La Crosse titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

43 of 69 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

69 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
10th and Cass Streets Neighborhood Historic DistrictLa CrosseDistrict2000
23rd and 24th Streets Historic DistrictLa CrosseDistrict2010
Agger RockshelterStevenstownSite1988
Anderson, Mons, HouseLa CrosseBuilding1975
Bangor Commercial Historic DistrictBangorDistrict2022
Barron, E.R., BuildingLaCrosseBuilding1985
Bell Coulee ShelterMindoroSite1997
Bridge No. 1La CrosseStructure1980
Bridge No. 2La CrosseStructure1980
Bridge No. 3La CrosseStructure1980
Bridge No. 4La CrosseStructure1980
Bridge No. 5La CrosseStructure1980
Bridge No. 6La CrosseStructure1980
Caledonia Street Commercial Historic DistrictLa CrosseDistrict2022
Callahan, John L., HouseLa CrosseBuilding1995
Cass and King Street Residential Historic DistrictLa CrosseDistrict1997
Chambers-Markle FarmsteadLa CrosseDistrict1991
Chase, Dr. H. H., and Henry G. Wohlhuter BungalowsLa CrosseBuilding1983
Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Passenger DepotLaCrosseBuilding1997
Christ Church of LaCrosseLaCrosseBuilding1985
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Burr OakFarmingtonBuilding2023
District School No. 1ShelbyBuilding1996
Edgewood Place Historic DistrictLa CrosseDistrict2010
Fire Station No. 5La CrosseBuilding2021
Freight HouseLa CrosseBuilding1982
Funke, Joseph B., CompanyLa CrosseBuilding2014
Garland, Hamlin, House NHLWest SalemBuilding1971
Gund Brewing Company Bottling WorksLa CrosseBuilding2008
Gundersen, Dr. Adolf and Helga, CottageLa CrosseBuilding2018
Hixon, Gideon C., HouseLa CrosseBuilding1974
Holy Trinity SchoolLa CrosseBuilding2021
La Crosse ArmoryLa CrosseBuilding2016
La Crosse County School of Agriculture and Domestic EconomyOnalaskaBuilding1987
La Crosse Plow Company BuildingLa CrosseBuilding2016
LaCrosse Commercial Historic DistrictLaCrosseDistrict1994
LaCrosse State Teachers College Training School BuildingLaCrosseBuilding1999
Laverty-Martindale HouseLa CrosseBuilding1977
Loeffler, Otto and Ida, HouseLa CrosseBuilding2019
Losey Memorial ArchLa CrosseStructure2002
Main Hall/La Crosse State Normal SchoolLa CrosseBuilding1985
Maria Angelorum ChapelLa CrosseBuilding2006
Midway Village SiteHolmenSite1978
Mindoro CutHamiltonStructure2007
Mundstock, Carl August, FarmShelbyBuilding1994
Nichols, Frank Eugene, HouseOnalaskaBuilding1993
Oak Grove CemeteryLa CrosseSite2023
Oehler Mill ComplexShelbyBuilding2013
Ott, Will, HouseLa CrosseBuilding1980
Our Lady of Sorrows ChapelLa CrosseBuilding1986
Overhead SiteLa CrosseSite1978
Palmer Brother's OctagonsWest Salem and VicinityBuilding1979
Physical Education Building/La Crosse State Normal SchoolLa CrosseBuilding1985
Powell PlaceLa CrosseBuilding1983
Roosevelt SchoolLa CrosseBuilding2017
Roosevelt, W. A., CompanyLa CrosseBuilding1984
Samuels' CaveBarre MillsSite1991
Sand Lake Archeological DistrictOnalaskaDistrict1984
Sand Lake Site (47Lc44)OnalaskaSite1983
Smith Valley SchoolLa CrosseBuilding1981
Swennes Archaeological DistrictOnalaskaDistrict1985
Trimbell, Derwood and Myrtle, HouseWest SalemBuilding2022
U.S. Fish Control LaboratoryLa CrosseBuilding1981
Valley View SiteMedarySite1978
Vincent, James, HouseLa CrosseBuilding1988
WAR EAGLE Shipwreck (sidewheel steamboat)La CrosseSite2020
Waterworks BuildingLa CrosseBuilding1979
Wisconsin Telephone Company BuildingLa CrosseBuilding1985
Wright, Razy and John, HouseMedaryBuilding2021
Zeisler, George, BuildingLa CrosseBuilding1993

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

La Crosse was formed in 1851 (1851-05-19) from Crawford.

LA CROSSE created from CRAWFORD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

121k66k12k1860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
12,18627,07342,99744,35559,65367,58772,46591,056107,120120,784

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

42 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 42 of 42 listed
NameLatLon
Asbury Cemetery43.94094-91.30099
Barre Mills Cemetery43.83219-91.11138
Black Oak Cemetery44.05414-91.11762
Burns Cemetery43.91875-91.00095
Burr Oak Lutheran Cemetery44.04941-91.04164
Burr Oak Methodist Cemetery44.05178-91.06389
Campbell Cemetery43.85485-91.22812
Catholic Cemetery43.80479-91.21776
Chipmunk Coulee Cemetery43.72848-91.15102
Engelson Family Cemetery43.95687-91.19309
Fairview Cemetery43.88746-90.99124
Farmington Cemetery44.02082-91.12195
French Island Cemetery43.86467-91.27042
Gabel Cemetery43.74957-91.19753
Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery43.86127-91.18015
Green Mound Cemetery43.99585-91.28304
Halfway Creek Cemetery43.97225-91.21834
Hamilton Cemetery43.89857-91.09652
Hauser Cemetery43.8679-91.22887
Helgeson Family Cemetery43.97694-91.15808
Hillview Cemetery43.78034-91.20345
Kienholz Cemetery43.7666-91.14489
Long Coulee Cemetery43.97511-91.25333
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park43.7632-91.16119
Neshonoc Cemetery43.92149-91.0736
North Ridge Cemetery43.7664-90.9898
Oak Grove Cemetery43.81968-91.23068
Oehler Cemetery43.75643-91.18426
Old Saint Johns Cemetery43.83383-91.07628
Onalaska City Cemetery43.88301-91.21877
Pruett Cemetery43.76768-91.16419
Sacia Cemetery44.0439-91.22022
Saint Johns Cemetery43.83418-91.08549
Saint Joseph Ridge Catholic Cemetery43.78768-91.03666
Saint Marys Cemetery43.89563-90.98927
Saint Peter's Cemetery43.79776-90.94099
Sand Creek Cemetery44.05079-90.92346
Urbanek Family Cemetery43.74354-90.93885
Welsh Calvanistic Cemetery43.88693-90.9209
Welsh Congregational Cemetery43.88468-90.91929
Wet Coulee Cemetery43.99552-91.06776
Woodlawn Cemetery43.77641-91.22381
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Lakeview43.89719-91.26292
Sunset Point43.8958-91.32514

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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