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Vernon County, Wisconsin

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
25historic places
—earliest paper
1851formed
30,714pop. 2020
52cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 25 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Viroqua, Ontario, Rockton.

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

7 of 25 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

25 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Apfel, George, Round BarnClintonBuilding2006
Archeological Site No. 47 VE-881SterlingSite1993
B. Lawrence Site IRocktonSite1975
Bekkedal Leaf Tobacco WarehouseViroquaBuilding2003
Cade Archeological DistrictNewtonDistrict1988
Cunningham, Bert and Mary, Round BarnViroquaBuilding2014
Goose Island Archeological Site Ve-502StoddardSite1980
Hanson PetroglyphsViolaSite1974
Harris, George and Mable, Round BarnForestBuilding2017
Hay Valley Archeological DistrictOntarioDistrict1974
Hillsboro Condensed Milk CompanyHillsboroBuilding2021
Larson CaveWestbySite1988
Lord, Charles, HouseOntarioBuilding1998
Markee SiteRocktonSite1975
Masonic Temple BuildingViroquoaBuilding2000
Norwegian Evangelic Lutheran Church and CemeteryWestbyBuilding1986
Rockton Archeological DistrictOntarioDistrict1974
Skumsrud, Nils, HouseCoon ValleyBuilding1990
Tollackson Mound GroupHarmonySite1997
Tollackson Mound Group (Boundary Increase)HarmonySite1998
Upper Kickapoo Valley Prehistoric Archeological DistrictLa FargeDistrict1999
Vernon County CourthouseViroquaBuilding1980
Vernon County Normal SchoolViroquaBuilding2011
Viola Rockshelter (47 Ve 640)Kickapoo CenterSite1987
Viroqua Downtown Historic DistrictViroquaDistrict2003

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

BAD AX (now VERNON) created from CRAWFORD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

31k21k11k1860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
11,00723,23528,35129,25229,94027,90625,66325,64228,05630,714

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

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

Cemeteries — 52 of 52 listed
NameLatLon
Asbury Union Methodist Cemetery43.59246-90.82959
Bad Axe Cemetery43.69403-90.68007
Bear Creek Cemetery43.57474-90.61201
Belgium Ridge Cemetery43.53819-90.90376
Berry Cemetery43.46987-90.69851
Bethesda Cemetery43.64604-90.81491
Billings Creek Cemetery43.70607-90.53707
Bishop Branch Cemetery43.54768-90.8083
Bohemian Brotherhood Cemetery43.6445-90.41233
Brookville Cemetery43.50932-90.84859
Brush Hollow Cemetery43.56254-90.77498
Carter Cemetery43.44677-90.76679
Chapel Hill Cemetery43.58227-90.64188
Coon Prairie Lutheran Cemetery43.63072-90.85344
County Farm Cemetery43.58178-90.87889
Debello Cemetery43.58829-90.34667
Fairview Cemetery43.70482-90.48801
Fargo Cemetery43.45648-91.00095
Forest - Burr Cemetery43.66741-90.46161
Fortney Cemetery43.43858-90.82834
German Cemetery43.51649-91.19478
Greenwood Cemetery43.56901-90.3308
Haukley Cemetery43.58396-91.08969
Hellwig Cemetery43.71589-91.09006
Hills Prairie Cemetery43.69151-90.34202
Hilltop Rest Cemetery43.72886-90.59864
Jug Creek Cemetery43.62992-90.59145
Krause Cemetery43.61499-91.14294
Krause Cemetery43.70984-91.10004
Maiben Cemetery43.44512-90.74825
Manning Cemetery43.4739-90.72793
Mount Tabor Cemetery43.71196-90.4521
Mount Vernon Cemetery43.64984-90.34907
Mount Zion Cemetery43.57828-90.70512
Newburn Cemetery43.5695-90.53223
North Clinton Cemetery43.71059-90.77061
Our Saviours Cemetery43.66777-90.85416
Pioneer Cemetery43.55991-90.89025
Pleasant View Cemetery43.65395-90.82498
Revels Cemetery43.6733-90.49429
Riverside Cemetery43.60703-91.21895
Saint Joseph Cemetery43.69993-90.45005
Saint Matthews Cemetery43.67001-91.20469
Saint Patricks Cemetery43.61908-90.39162
Shreve Cemetery43.59596-90.3687
Star Cemetery43.58842-90.63986
Vernon Cemetery43.56706-90.5153
Walnut Mound Cemetery43.44616-91.07148
White Cemetery43.55345-90.86367
White City Cemetery43.62231-90.45288
Zion Cemetery43.55214-91.04271
Zion Cemetery43.59242-90.83394

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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