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 GREEN.--Population 14,716. From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855 pg. 73-75 Lying in the southern part of the State, and bordering on Illinois. The County is mostly prairie, with openings, a good agricultural country, whose resources are rapidly developing. Groves of timber are found in various portions; there being quite a heavy growth in the western part. There is but little Government land to be had. The following, from the Sentinel, published at Monroe, the County Seat, gives a fair account of the present situation of Green County: "The resources and true value of Green County are just beginning to be developed. The water power on Sugar River is only beginning to be improved. At Dayton, and Attica in Brooklyn, there are good mills. Sugar River affords excellent mill privileges to that section of the country, and to such as are seeking a pleasant and healthy location, we have no hesitation in recommending the northern part of Green County. Improvements are being made there in farms, dwellings, mills, and school-houses; and more than all that, it is being settled with an intelligent, industrious and enterprising people, such as are sure, in due time, to make a country prosperous and wealthy. v "There have been large quantities of mineral raised in it, and there is undoubtedly much more to be obtained when a systematic mode of mining is introduced; but true wealth is in the rich soil, which, when properly cultivated, yields a large remuneration; and as a stock growing County, this is probably not excelled in the State." Monroe is the County Seat, near the center of the County, and has a population of 2,120. The Southern Wisconsin passes through the center of the County, and Mineral Point Rail Road through the south-west corner. Links and Resources: Greenwood Cemetery-offsite link of some tombstones in Greenwood Cemetery, Brodhead, WI. Wisconsin Biographies Project-Green County-Offsite link with a few biographies online. Cemeteries & Deaths
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. See also: American History and Genealogy Project American Local History Network theBubbler.com - Wisconsin's Information Source *Records may contain dates previous to year listed. The registration occurred after the registration date. | ||||||
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