Wisconsin Counties and Towns
Crawford County Genealogy and History
Crawford County Genealogy Links WI Roots: Wisconsin Counties : Crawford
Established: 1818
County Seat: Prairie du Chien
Parent: Territorial County

Birth, Death, & Marriage Records:
 Earliest Registration Dates*:
Births 1858
Deaths 1876
Marriages 1862

Crawford Register of Deeds
220 N. Beaumont Rd.
Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
Telephone: (608) 326-0219


CRAWFORD.
From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855
pg. 56-58

This County formerly embraced all north of the Wisconsin River, but has been so far divided and shorn, as to become one of the smallest. It lies in the angle made by the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers, and is watered by the Kickapoo, passing through nearly the centre. The County Seat is Prairie du Chien, one of the oldest settlements of the State, and for a long time a military post. Until recently this place has languished, the weight of immigration having gone further up the River. But the near approach to completion of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road has given it new life, and it is now increasing as rapidly as many of its younger brethren. It is the most beautifully located place on the Mississippi River. The surface of the country is broken by a ridge passing north and south between the Mississippi and Kickapoo. The County is well supplied with fine water, and good timber is found along the streams. There is an excellent pinery on the Kickapoo, and a number of mills are located there. The land is generally good, and between the Kickapoo and Richland County, excellent. Like Bad Ax, the County has not received the attention it deserves.

Copper has been found in this County, and there seems to be no reason why Crawford should not prove to be as rich in mineral resources as either of the Counties south of the Wisconsin. Large quantities of lead have been already found though there has been but little search made. When the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road is finished to Prairie du Chien, its Western terminus, the resources of Crawford will be more fully developed, and it will receive the attention it deserves.

There is much good Government land not yet taken up. It is in the Mineral Point land district.


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  • Original Field Notes and Plat Maps From Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records. his website provides access to scanned images of the original General Land Office survey field notes and plat maps. All of this material is based on the township, range and section descriptions of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). To effectively use this material, you will need to know this description for the property you are researching. This legal description can be derived from topographic maps, land ownership maps, deeds and or property tax bills among other sources. Offsite link

  • 1901 County Maps - The Wisconsin county maps presented here were scanned in individually from the large Wisconsin map in the Rand McNally New Standard Atlas of the World, Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1901. They should be of interest to genealogists because they show the locations of many places that no longer exist. Offsite link by Rick Hagen

  • Current County Map, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is pleased to provide highly detailed county maps online. Produced at a 1:100,000 scale the maps contain the following pieces of information: Major local road networks, Interstate corridors, U.S., state, and county routes, Recreation areas, Points of interest, Hospitals, Schools, Airports, Urban boundaries, Railroads, Town roads, Federal and state forest boundaries, Indian reservations, Township boundaries.

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