Lafayette County
Established: 1846
County Seat: Darlington
Parent: Iowa County
* Records before the establishment of the county may be in the parent records.
Neighboring Counties
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From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855
LAFAYETTE.--Population 16,060 (1855).
pg. 80-81
Lafayette is in the mineral region of Wisconsin and its products are those of the mines. A very large proportion of the lead sent from this State is raised in Lafayette. Though the lands are rich, yet attention has so far been attracted to its minerals, that its agricultural products have been but a small part of its riches. Under the past system of prospecting for lead and copper, the uncertainty attending this branch of industry has turned the attention of the miners to agriculture, and Lafayette will undoubtedly soon show a more rapid increase of wealth and of stable prosperity than has ever attended mineral research. The land is good and mostly occupied. It lies in the Mineral Point land district.
The Mineral Point and the Southern Wisconsin Rail Roads pass through this County.-Shullsburg is the County Seat.
General Genealogy and History Links
This section contains links to websites that have multiple databases or webpages with genealogical information.
- USGenWeb Archives - Lafayette County - US GenWebArchives -
- WIGenWeb - Genealogy and History Information Part of the WIGenWeb -
Vital Records
Birth, Death, & Marriage Records:
Earliest Registration Dates*:
Births 1854
Deaths 1877
Marriages 1847
Lafayette County Register-deeds
626 Main St
P.O. Box 170
Darlington, WI 53530-1397
Telephone: (608) 776-4838
- Pre-1907 Vital Records Index at the Wisconsin Historical Society - Pre-1907 Vital Records Index at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Search for births, deaths and marriages. -
Cemetery and Obituary Links
- Tombstone Photograph Pages Lafayette County - Lafayette County Wisconsin Cemetery pages with photos of select tombstones. -
Census Links
Censuses contain valuable information about families. This section contains links to transcribed censuses, census indexes or census images for the county.
Residents of the County
This section contains links to family tree websites, biographies and information about individuals that lived in the county.
Area History
This section contains links of published histories and historical information about the county, its villages, cities or towns. Sometimes within these histories is information about founders, or other people that settled in the area. It may also include ethnic or religious histories of the communities.
- History of Lafayette County, 1881 - Online digital book written in 1881. Contains Biographical Information. -
Maps and Atlases
Military
Societies, Libraries and Offline Resources
- Newspapers in Lafayette County - List of county newspaper publications listed at the Library of Congress -
