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Monroe County, Wisconsin

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
14historic places
—earliest paper
1854formed
46,274pop. 2020
49cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 14 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Sparta, Tomah, Kendall.

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 Monroe titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

9 of 14 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

14 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Kendalls DepotKendallBuilding1981
Marx, Albert and Theresa, HouseCashtonBuilding2007
Monroe County CourthouseSpartaBuilding1982
Sparta Free LibrarySpartaBuilding1981
Sparta High SchoolSpartaBuilding2021
Sparta Masonic TempleSpartaBuilding1987
St. John's Episcopal ChurchSpartaBuilding1983
St. Lucas Evangelical German Lutheran Church and CemeteryGlendaleBuilding2019
Tomah Boy Scout CabinTomahBuilding2017
Tomah Post OfficeTomahBuilding2000
Tomah Public LibraryTomahBuilding1976
Walczak-Wontor Quarry Pit WorkshopCataractSite1999
Water Street Commercial Historic DistrictSpartaDistrict1992
Williams, William G. and Anne, HouseSpartaBuilding2005

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Monroe was formed in 1854 (1854-03-21) from La Crosse.

MONROE created from LA CROSSE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

46k27k8,4101860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8,41021,60728,10328,66630,08031,37831,24135,07440,89946,274

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

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

Cemeteries — 49 of 49 listed
NameLatLon
Aney Cemetery43.88479-90.62139
Angelo Cemetery43.9789-90.77479
Boynton Cemetery44.01051-90.54429
Cal Day Cemetery43.74784-90.51301
Carr Cemetery44.06135-90.86263
Clifton Cemetery43.87743-90.33727
Dannavang Cemetery44.1008-90.46009
Dorset Ridge Cemetery43.83463-90.46822
Dorset Ridge Cemetery43.84817-90.42576
Farmers Valley Cemetery43.90326-90.74975
Gordon Cemetery43.73262-90.54281
Greenfield Catholic Cemetery44.00722-90.5536
Greenfield Cemetery44.00717-90.56052
Hillside Cemetery43.81693-90.52496
Home Cemetery43.73469-90.67012
LaGrange Cemetery44.03635-90.5404
Lafayette Cemetery44.00779-90.71185
Leon Cemetery43.89163-90.82902
Moen Cemetery43.739-90.82009
Monroe County Burial Ground43.91445-90.6363
Mound Prairie Cemetery43.93108-90.67024
Mount Hope Cemetery43.94357-90.83152
Mount Vernon Cemetery43.95329-90.53374
Norwalk Catholic Cemetery43.84036-90.63249
Noth Cemetery43.88401-90.54844
Oak Grove Cemetery43.96217-90.50838
Oak Grove Cemetery44.0593-90.86696
Oakdale Cemetery43.94601-90.39237
Pilgrims Home Cemetery43.84121-90.63249
Pine Grove Cemetery44.14433-90.32692
Pine Hollow Cemetery43.75418-90.75374
Rest Haven Cemetery43.74023-90.80639
Sacred Heart Cemetery43.74839-90.77041
Saint Jacobs Cemetery43.82663-90.62735
Saint John's Cemetery43.94218-90.83013
Saint Johns Cemetery43.88996-90.5629
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery43.96218-90.50624
Saint Patrick's Cemetery43.92037-90.80858
Saint Paul Cemetery43.80998-90.53309
Saint Peters Cemetery44.01912-90.32679
Sorenson Cemetery43.9319-90.32429
South Ridge Lutheran Cemetery43.76185-90.49075
Summit Ridge Cemetery43.86961-90.65698
Union Cemetery43.80616-90.77366
Wanderers Rest Cemetery43.8082-90.6031
Warren Mills Cemetery44.12412-90.50485
Wood Cemetery44.03412-90.42874
Woodlawn Cemetery43.95356-90.80915
Worden - Burroughs Family Cemetery43.88613-90.52869
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Scotts Junction43.96469-90.6693

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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