Vernon County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1851
Parent county: Crawford

Namesake: Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate
Seat: Viroqua (1851–)

Land area: 792 square miles

Population (2020): 30,714

Population (historic): 11,007 (1860); 23,235 (1880); 28,351 (1900); 28,537 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; eight villages; 21 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,888 (27.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 55.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,524
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,881
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,101
Average farm size (1920): 65.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Norway, Ohio, New York, Wisconsin, Germany, and Czechoslovakia
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Viroqua

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1850 (platting as Farwell); 1852 (post office); 1885 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,504

Population (historic): 762 (1880); 1,950 (1900); 2,792 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1960; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 567 (26%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Nelson Log House and Barn. 1679 Knapp Valley Road. Clinton.
2. Christian Dach Farm (1864). 6701 Road NN. Franklin. Italianate.
3. St. John Catholic Church (1892). 15996 State Route 82. Union. Gothic Revival.
4. Coon Prairie Lutheran Church (1910). Coon Prairie Road and East Road. Viroqua. Gothic Revival.
5. Vernon County Asylum (1868). Road BB, east of US Highway 14. Viroqua. Italianate. Razed.
6. Stephen Stephenson Farm (c. 1855). 3518 Old US Highway 14. Viroqua. Greek Revival.

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