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Sauk County, Wisconsin

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63historic places

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1840formed

65,763pop. 2020

70cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 63 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Baraboo, Reedsburg, Sauk City.

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

44 of 63 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

63 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices	Baraboo	Building	2022
Baraboo Public Library	Baraboo	Building	1981
Chicago and North Western Depot	Reedsburg	Building	1984
City Hotel	Reedsburg	Building	1984
Clark, William, House	Baraboo	Building	1980
Corwith, J. W., Livery	Reedsburg	Building	2004
Derleth, August W., House	Sauk City	Building	1991
Devil's Lake State Park	Baraboo	District	2015
Downtown Baraboo Historic District	Baraboo	District	2015
Durst-Bloedau Site	Leland	Site	1978
Freedom Mine	Freedom	Site	2020
Freethinkers` Hall	Sauk City	Building	1988
Gust Brothers' Store	Baraboo	Building	2002
Hackett, Edward M., House	Reedsburg	Building	1984
Hahn, Otto Sr. and Lisette, House	Sauk City	Building	2012
Harris, Abner L., House	Reedsburg	Building	1984
Harrisburg School	Troy	Building	2015
Honey Creek Swiss Rural Historic District	Prairie du Sac	District	1990
Hulburt Creek Garden Beds	Delton	District	1991
Island Woolen Company Office Building	Baraboo	Building	2011
Lachmund Family House	Sauk City	Building	2000
Leopold, Aldo, Shack NHL	Fairfield Township	Building	1978
Main Street Commercial Historic District	Reedsburg	District	1984
Man Mound NHL	Town of Greenfield	Site	2016
Man Mound	Baraboo	Site	1978
Man Mound Boundary Increase	Town of Greenfield	Site	2010
Manchester Street Bridge	Baraboo	Structure	1988
Marcus, Samuel and Nina, House	Spring Green	Building	2018
Marshall Memorial Hall	Lake Delton	Building	1993
Nishan, Freda Meyers, Memorial Chapel	Reedsburg	Building	2019
Our Lady of Loretto Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery	Honey Creek	District	1990
Park Street Historic District	Reedsburg	District	1984
Perry, Ralph P., House	Reedsburg	Building	2022
Peterson, Seth, Cottage	Lake Delton	Building	1981
Point of Rocks	Baraboo	Site	2010
Porter, Walworth D., Duplex Residence	Baraboo	Building	1996
Raddatz Rockshelter	Leland	Site	1978
Reedsburg Brewery	Reedsburg	Building	1984
Reedsburg Post Office	Reedsburg	Building	2000
Reedsburg Woolen Mill Office	Reedsburg	Building	1984
Rest Haven Motel	Spring Green	Building	2011
Riggert, William, House	Reedsburg	Building	1984
Ringling Brothers Circus Headquarters NHL	Baraboo	District	1969
Ringling, Al, Theatre	Baraboo	Building	1976
Ringling, Albrecht C., House	Baraboo	Building	1976
Ringling, Charles, House	Baraboo	Building	1997
Ruhland, Charles and Anna	Baraboo	Building	2017
Salem Evangelical Church	Plain	Building	1988
Sauk City Fire Station	Sauk City	Building	1999
Sauk City High School	Sauk City	Building	1989
Sauk County Courthouse	Baraboo	Building	1982
Seven Gables	Baraboo	Building	1978
Simonds 10-Sided Barn	Greenfield	Building	2020
Spellman Granite Works	Sauk City	Building	2015
State Bank of Spring Green	Spring Green	Building	2010
Steam Locomotive #1385	North Freedom	Structure	2000
Stolte, William, Jr., House	Reedsburg	Building	1984
Stolte, William, Sr., House	Reedsburg	Building	1984
Thompson House Hotel	Baraboo	Building	1997
Tripp Memorial Library and Hall	Prairie du Sac	Building	1981
Tuttle, A.G., Estate	Baraboo	Building	1980
Van Hise Rock NHL	Rock Springs	Site	1997
Van Orden, Jacob, House	Baraboo	Building	1996

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Sauk was formed in 1840 (1840-01-11) from Crawford, Dane, Portage.

SAUK created by Wisconsin Territory from CRAWFORD, DANE, and PORTAGE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
102	18,963	28,729	33,006	32,548	33,700	38,120	36,179	43,469	55,225	65,763

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

70 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 70 of 70 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
All Saints Cemetery	43.59604	-89.9343
Andrew Roll Free Congregation Cemetery	43.33104	-89.88017
Babb Cemetery	43.53542	-90.03589
Big Creek Cemetery	43.63777	-90.07812
Big Hollow Cemetery	43.23568	-90.11303
Blakeslee Cemetery	43.38731	-90.13038
Brewster Cemetery	43.44129	-89.6842
Butterfield Cemetery	43.55038	-89.86781
Calvary Cemetery	43.54835	-90.11986
Cassell Cemetery	43.20915	-89.86762
Cole Cemetery	43.52053	-89.95501
Dellona Center Cemetery	43.5767	-89.88892
East Narrows Prairie Cemetery	43.48958	-89.969
Erffmeyer Cemetery	43.40739	-90.1272
Evergreen Cemetery	43.59684	-90.12563
Fairfield Cemetery	43.53785	-89.68494
Friendswood Cemetery	43.56218	-90.20648
Green Wood Cemetery	43.54251	-90.00109
Hill Cemetery	43.39531	-89.6209
Hochmuth Cemetery	43.63262	-90.20826
Jones Cemetery	43.4847	-89.68017
Karstetter Cemetery	43.57995	-90.16264
Kingston Cemetery	43.35554	-89.69947
Koerth Cemetery	43.43114	-89.64755
Maple Hill Cemetery	43.41442	-89.91651
Miller Cemetery	43.37873	-89.76593
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	43.60223	-89.80867
Oak Hill Cemetery	43.37678	-89.63197
Oak Hill Cemetery	43.46719	-89.86573
Oak Lawn Cemetery	43.59145	-90.13565
Oaks Cemetery	43.5689	-90.21917
Old Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery	43.40216	-90.11164
Otter Creek Cemetery	43.35773	-89.79896
Pine Hill Cemetery	43.49626	-89.91133
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	43.2789	-90.05571
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	43.49174	-89.84258
Prairie du Sac Cemetery	43.28804	-89.73012
Resting Green Cemetery	43.54865	-90.12132
Rock Hill Cemetery	43.4549	-89.80949
Saint Aloysius Cemetery	43.26736	-89.73807
Saint John Cemetery	43.43797	-90.1022
Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	43.49688	-89.9112
Saint John Lutheran Cemetery	43.43796	-90.00308
Saint Johns Cemetery	43.41958	-89.60104
Saint Josephs Cemetery	43.48617	-89.74077
Saint Lukes Cemetery	43.26849	-90.05425
Saint Michaels Cemetery	43.48592	-89.76961
Saint Patricks Cemetery	43.59807	-90.0146
Saint Paul Cemetery	43.39541	-89.98408
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery	43.39823	-90.11294
Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	43.63727	-90.11381
Saint Peter Cemetery	43.43548	-90.04312
Sauk City Cemetery	43.26859	-89.73817
Sauk Prairie Cemetery	43.31539	-89.75826
Simon Hill Cemetery	43.60716	-90.17661
Solchenberger Cemetery	43.61333	-90.21192
Sumpter Hill Cemetery	43.40995	-89.77082
Thoelke Cemetery	43.34314	-89.72704
Thornton Cemetery	43.54007	-90.12787
Tucker Cemetery	43.48192	-89.63106
Tuckertown Cemetery	43.43803	-90.10032
Union Grove Cemetery	43.25639	-89.94514
Universal Cemetery	43.60993	-90.17879
Walnut Hill Cemetery	43.48456	-89.74192
Ward Cemetery	43.3727	-90.18479
Webster Prairie Cemetery	43.5431	-89.77865
Westfield Cemetery	43.43141	-90.04475
Whitemound Cemetery	43.32924	-90.04901
Zion Cemetery	43.31419	-89.82294
Zuch Cemetery	43.44914	-89.68762

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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