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Richland County, Wisconsin

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16historic places

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1842formed

17,304pop. 2020

65cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 16 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Richland Center, Eagle, Port Andrew.

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

5 of 16 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

16 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
A. D. German Wholesale Company and Warehouse, Additional Documentation	Richland Center	Building	1974
Bloyer Mound Group	Orion	Site	2006
Bowen, Julia B. and Fred P., House	Richland Center	Building	1996
Clipped Wing Eagle Mound	Eagle	Site	2005
Coumbe, John, Farmstead	Port Andrew	Building	1992
Court Street Commercial Historic District	Richland Center	District	1989
Cunningham Lane Bridge	Rockbridge	Structure	1996
Eagle Township Mound Group	Eagle	Site	2005
Fiedler, Henry, House	Muscoda	Building	1986
Hunting Eagle Mound	Eagle	Site	2005
Richland Center Archeological District	Richland Center	District	1993
Richland Center City Auditorium	Richland Center	Building	1980
Shadewald I Mound Group	Eagle Township	Site	2007
Shadewald II Mound Group	Town of Eagle	Site	2008
Syttende Mai Site	Richland	Site	1991
Tippesaukee Farm Rural Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Port Andrew	District	1996

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Richland was formed in 1842 (1842-02-18) from Crawford, Sauk.

RICHLAND created by Wisconsin Territory from CRAWFORD and SAUK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Richland County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
903	9,732	18,174	19,483	19,823	20,381	19,245	17,684	17,476	17,924	17,304

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

65 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 65 of 65 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ash Creek Cemetery	43.28104	-90.36108
Ash Ridge Cemetery	43.45415	-90.53839
Basswood Cemetery	43.25936	-90.49992
Bear Valley Cemetery	43.27168	-90.22664
Bender Cemetery	43.47699	-90.6288
Bethel Cemetery	43.26749	-90.486
Bloom City Cemetery	43.48395	-90.46527
Boaz Cemetery	43.33411	-90.52283
Booher Cemetery	43.53129	-90.58972
Bowen Cemetery	43.36736	-90.38704
Brown Cemetery	43.36164	-90.47146
Button Cemetery	43.218	-90.24576
Cazenovia Hillside Cemetery	43.51987	-90.19628
Concord Cemetery	43.46517	-90.22837
Conkle Cemetery	43.36553	-90.53464
Coumbe Cemetery	43.20821	-90.58608
Czechs National Cemetery	43.55338	-90.43852
Dawson Cemetery	43.23072	-90.44989
Dayton Corners Cemetery	43.33306	-90.46527
East Pine River Cemetery	43.53358	-90.42074
English Ridge Cemetery	43.39716	-90.48361
Fancy Creek Cemetery	43.4336	-90.45529
Felton Cemetery	43.37919	-90.61139
Five Points Cemetery	43.32138	-90.59618
Greenwood Cemetery	43.21825	-90.57123
Haskins Cemetery	43.23454	-90.62746
Hopewell Cemetery	43.47334	-90.62918
Indian Creek Cemetery	43.20545	-90.41367
Lawton Cemetery	43.55258	-90.66618
Lone Rock Cemetery	43.19082	-90.2079
Loyd Cemetery	43.4243	-90.24528
Mayfield Cemetery	43.27825	-90.38065
Mill Creek Cemetery	43.39053	-90.55345
Mount Tabor Cemetery	43.4337	-90.57143
Neptune Cemetery	43.36924	-90.26508
Newburn Cemetery	43.21278	-90.49341
Norwegian Cemetery	43.54291	-90.1974
Oak Ridge Cemetery	43.26359	-90.41292
Pine River Cemetery	43.31312	-90.35122
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	43.24161	-90.45149
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery	43.49513	-90.53938
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery	43.43837	-90.3006
Richland Center Cemetery	43.34543	-90.38066
Richwood Methodist Cemetery	43.27357	-90.5655
Rockbridge Cemetery	43.4474	-90.35617
Saint Anthony Cemetery	43.52618	-90.22096
Saint Anthony Cemetery	43.5261	-90.22083
Saint Bridget's Cemetery	43.50406	-90.24723
Saint Kilians Cemetery	43.28647	-90.20274
Saint Martin Cemetery	43.33302	-90.52233
Saint Marys Cemetery	43.33881	-90.22034
Saint Patricks Melancthon Creek Cemetery	43.51821	-90.35739
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery	43.39059	-90.19363
Saint Peters Cemetery	43.37961	-90.62919
Sand Prairie Cemetery	43.20581	-90.60206
Sextonville Cemetery	43.27887	-90.2807
Soules Creek Cemetery	43.48913	-90.33563
Spring Hill Cemetery	43.46041	-90.45133
Sylvan Cemetery	43.42056	-90.64211
Tavera Cemetery	43.2847	-90.63525
Upper Big Willow Cemetery	43.45592	-90.22371
Viola Cemetery	43.50775	-90.66235
West Fork Cemetery	43.26319	-90.65066
Willow Valley Cemetery	43.30799	-90.29722
Woodstock Cemetery	43.48132	-90.4374

Historical populated places — 5 of 5

Name	Lat	Lon
Ashford	43.34665	-90.46818
Corwin	43.50331	-90.28152
Henrietta	43.50831	-90.39541
McGrew	43.39748	-90.48402
Mill Creek	43.38665	-90.54846

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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