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Rock County, Wisconsin

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

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144historic places

—earliest paper

1836formed

163,687pop. 2020

45cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 144 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Janesville, Beloit, Milton.

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 Rock titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

112 of 144 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

144 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Adams Elementary School	Jamesville	Building	2025
Alexander, John, Wheat Warehouse	Milton	Building	1978
Allen, Abram, House	Milton	Building	1978
Armory, The	Janesville	Building	1978
Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum	Beloit	Building	1977
Beloit Power Plant	Beloit	Building	2017
Beloit Water Tower	Beloit	Building	1983
Benton Avenue Historic District	Janesville	District	1996
Blodgett, Selvy, House	Beloit	Building	1980
Bluff Street Historic District	Beloit	District	1983
Bostwick Avenue Historic District	Janesville	District	2006
Brasstown Cottage	Beloit	Building	1983
Church of St. Thomas the Apostle	Beloit	Building	1983
Citizens Bank	Clinton	Building	1985
City of Beloit Waterworks and Pump Station	Beloit	District	1990
Clark-Brown House	Beloit	Building	1985
Clinton Village Hall	Clinton	Building	1985
Clinton Water Tower	Clinton	Structure	1985
Columbus Circle Historic District	Janesville	District	2005
Conrad Cottages Historic District	Janesville	District	1993
Cooksville Cheese Factory	Evansville	Building	1980
Cooksville Historic District	Cooksville	District	1973
Cooksville Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Cooksville	District	1980
Cooksville Mill and Mill Pond Site	Evansville	Site	1980
Cooper-Gillies House	Evansville	Building	1980
Courier Building	Milton	Building	2015
Court Street Methodist Church	Janesville	Building	1977
Courthouse Hill Historic District	Janesville	District	1986
Crist, J. W., House	Beloit	Building	1983
Crosby Block	Clinton	Building	1985
Crosby, James B., House	Janesville	Building	1995
Culton, Charles L., House	Edgertown	Building	1977
De Jean House	Milton	Building	1978
DeLong, Homer B., House	Clinton	Building	1985
Dean, Erastus, Farmstead	Janesville	Building	1978
Dow, John T., House	Evansville	Building	1980
Eager Free Public Library	Evansville	Building	1977
Eager, Almeron, Funerary Monument and Plot	Evansville	Object	2011
East Milwaukee Street Historic District	Janesville	District	1980
Edgerton Depot	Edgerton	Building	1998
Edgerton Post Office	Edgerton	Building	2000
Edgerton Public Grade Schools	Edgerton	Building	1987
Emerson Hall	Beloit	Building	1979
Evansville Historic District	Evansville	District	1978
Evansville Standpipe	Evansville	Structure	2008
Fairbanks Flats	Beloit	Building	1983
First Congregational Church	Beloit	Building	1975
Footville Condensery	Footville	Building	1982
Footville State Bank	Footville	Building	1982
Fredendall Block	Janesville	Building	1982
Fulton Congregational Church	Fulton	Building	1976
Fulton Street Historic District	Edgerton	District	1999
Gempeler Round Barn	Orfordville	Building	1979
Gifford House	Milton	Building	1978
Gilley-tofsland Octagonal Barn	Edgerton	Building	1979
Goodrich Blacksmith Shop	Milton	Building	1978
Goodrich, Ezra and Elizabeth, House	Milton	Building	2015
Goodrich-Buten House	Milton	Building	1978
Gray, William H. and Edith, Farmstead	Milton	Building	2015
Greenman, Reynolds and Lois, House	Milton	Building	2016
Grove Street Historic District	Evansville	District	2011
Hanchett Block	Beloit	Building	1980
Haven-Crandall House	Milton	Building	2016
Hilton House Hotel	Beloit	Building	2003
How-Beckman Mill NHL	Beloit	Building	1977
Hugunin, John and Martha, House	Janesville	Building	2005
Janesville Cotton Mill	Janesville	Building	1980
Janesville High School	Janesville	Building	1999
Janesville Public Library	Janesville	Building	1981
Janesville Pumping Station	Janesville	Building	1985
Jefferson Avenue Historic District	Janesville	District	2006
Jones, John H., House	Janesville	Building	2008
Jones, Samuel S., Cobblestone House	Clinton	Building	1978
Kinney Farmstead-Tay-e-he-Dah Site	Edgerton	Building	1978
LaPrairie Grange Hall No. 79	Janesville	Building	1977
Lappin-Hayes Block	Janesville	Building	1976
Lathrop-Munn Cobblestone House	Beloit	Building	1977
Leonard-Leota Park	Evansville	District	2012
Look West Historic District	Janesville	District	1987
Look West Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Janesville	District	1993
Lovejoy and Merrill-Nowlan Houses	Janesville	Building	1980
Masonic Temple	Milton	Building	2015
McEwan, Peter, Warehouse	Milton	Building	1978
Merchant Row Historic District	Milton	District	2015
Merrill Avenue Historic District	Beloit	District	1993
Miller House	Evansville	Building	1980
Milton College Historic District	Milton	District	1980
Milton House NHL	Milton	Building	1972
Moran's Saloon	Beloit	Building	1983
Mouth of the Yahara Archeological District	Fulton	District	1975
Murray-George House	Beloit	Building	1985
Myers, Peter, Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building	Janesville	Building	1983
Myers-Newhoff House	Janesville	Building	1979
Near East Side Historic District	Beloit	District	1983
Neese, Elbert, House	Beloit	Building	1983
North Main Street Historic District	Janesville	District	1980
North, Sterling, House	Edgerton	Building	1997
Nye, Clark, House	Beloit	Building	1983
Old Fourth Ward Historic District	Janesville	District	1990
Orfordville Depot	Orfordville	Building	1988
Owen, John and Margaret, House	Milton	Building	2016
Owen, William J., Store	Footville	Building	1982
Pangborn, J. L., House	Clinton	Building	1985
Parkview Historic District	Milton	District	2015
Payne-Craig House	Janesville	Building	1987
Pearsons Hall of Science	Beloit	Building	1980
Pomeroy and Pelton Tobacco Warehouse	Edgerton	Building	1998
Porter, J. K., Farmstead	Evansville	Building	1980
Prospect Hill Historic District	Janesville	District	1992
Randall, Brewster, House	Janesville	Building	1984
Rasey House	Beloit	Building	1974
Rau, Charles, House	Beloit	Building	1983
Richardson Grout House	Evansville	Building	1980
Richardson, Hamilton, House	Janesville	Building	1978
Richardson-Brinkman Cobblestone House	Clinton	Building	1977
Rindfleisch Building	Beloit	Building	1983
Risum Round Barn	Orfordville	Building	1979
Robinson, John C. and Mary, Farmstead	Union	Building	2010
Roosevelt Elementary School	Janesville	Building	2025
Seventh Day Baptist Church	Milton	Building	2016
Shopiere Congregational Church	Shopiere	Building	1976
Slaymaker, Stephen, House	Beloit	Building	1983
Smiley, Samuel, House	Orfordville	Building	1982
Smith, John, House	Clinton	Building	1985
South First Street Residential Historic District	Evansville	District	2011
South Main Street Historic District	Janesville	District	1990
St. John's Lutheran Church	Evansville	Building	2012
St. Paul's Episcopal Church	Beloit	Building	1978
Stark-Clint House	Tiffany	Building	1985
Stebbins, Harrison, House	Evansville	Building	1980
Strang, Soloman J., House	Footville	Building	1982
Strong Building	Beloit	Building	1983
Strong Partridge Mound Group	Beloit	Site	1994
Strunk, John and Eleanor, House	Janesville	Building	2008
Tallman House	Janesville	Building	1970
Taylor, A. E., House	Clinton	Building	1985
Turtleville Iron Bridge	Beloit	Structure	1977
Washington Elementary School	Janesville	Building	2025
West Luther Valley Lutheran Church	Ordfordville	Building	1980
West Milwaukee Street Historic District	Janesville	District	1990
Whiton-Parker House	Janesville	Building	2016
Willard, Frances, Schoolhouse	Janesville	Building	1977
Wyman-Rye Farmstead	Clinton	Building	1977
Yates, Florence, House	Beloit	Building	1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Rock was formed in 1836 (1836-12-07) from Milwaukee.

ROCK created by Wisconsin Territory from MILWAUKEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,701	36,690	38,823	51,203	66,150	80,173	92,778	113,913	139,420	152,307	163,687

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

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

Cemeteries — 45 of 45 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Afton Cemetery	42.62028	-89.08427
Baldwin Cemetery	42.58001	-89.07094
Ball Tavern Cemetery	42.77091	-89.24078
Bradford Cemetery	42.62809	-88.81587
Calvary Cemetery	42.50751	-89.01344
Calvary Cemetery	42.72677	-89.36763
Clinton Cemetery	42.56759	-88.859
Clinton Corners Cemetery	42.55374	-88.89218
East Jefferson Prairie Cemetery	42.49528	-88.83344
East Lawn Cemetery	42.51504	-89.00069
Emerald Grove Cemetery	42.65462	-88.88576
Fassett Cemetery	42.82494	-89.08075
Fulton Cemetery	42.8084	-89.13344
Greenwood Cemetery	42.61945	-89.36483
Grove Cemetery	42.68354	-89.17585
Holy Cross Cemetery	42.78932	-89.30056
Jenson Cemetery	42.82392	-89.08418
Lima Center Cemetery	42.7801	-88.82732
Maple Grove Cemetery	42.622	-89.24539
Maple Hill Cemetery	42.78359	-89.2866
Milton Cemetery	42.78007	-88.93802
Milton Junction Cemetery	42.78333	-88.95788
Milton Lawns Memorial Park	42.70879	-89.00121
Mount Olivet Cemetery	42.70504	-89.04197
Mount Phillips Cemetery	42.58196	-88.78602
Mount Thabor Cemetery	42.52853	-89.00534
Mount Zion Cemetery	42.6951	-88.91407
Newark Cemetery	42.54029	-89.17418
North Johnstown Cemetery	42.7421	-88.87141
Northrup Cemetery	42.58216	-89.33633
Oak Hill Cemetery	42.70305	-89.04604
Oakwood Cemetery	42.50764	-89.01856
Old Johnstown Cemetery	42.69959	-88.80108
Otter Creek Cemetery	42.82243	-88.93576
Plymouth Cemetery	42.60307	-89.16982
Rock River Cemetery	42.82194	-88.99483
Saint Catherine Cemetery	42.53048	-88.78677
Saint Joseph Parish Cemetery	42.82516	-89.08423
Saint Mary Cemetery	42.77417	-88.96733
Saint Michaels Cemetery	42.81761	-89.18081
Scotch Hill Cemetery	42.65139	-89.34844
South Porter Cemetery	42.77186	-89.17594
Turtleville Cemetery	42.56878	-88.96764
Utters Corners Cemetery	42.75544	-88.78414
West Magnolia Cemetery	42.71631	-89.30929

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Fellows	42.74806	-89.20095

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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