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

National Register listings: 24

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)

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.