Richland County
Established: 1842
County Seat: Richland Center
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
RICHLAND.
pg. 98-99
This is strictly an agricultural County, lying on the north side of the Wisconsin River. It is well watered and well timbered, but not yet densely populated. The channels of immigration are up the Mississippi on the west, and up the Wisconsin on the east, and Richland has failed to receive the attention it deserves. There is yet much good land not occupied, and at no very distant day, it will command a good price. The face of the country is rolling, sometimes rising into high bluffs. The County is mostly timbered, with maple, walnut, oak and pine, interspersed with prairies. The water is soft, and abounds in fish. Lead and copper have been found in the southern part and marble on Bear Creek.
The Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road passes along the southern boundary of the County, and will be the means of developing its resources very rapidly, by facilitating the means of communication of travel and of immigration. Richland, at the mouth of Pine River on the Wisconsin, is the principal village. Richland Centre contains a flouring and grist mill, several stores, taverns &c., and is the County Seat.
Richland County is in the Mineral Point land district, except four towns in the north-west corner.
General Genealogy and History Links
This section contains links to websites that have multiple databases or webpages with genealogical information.
- USGenWeb Archives - Richland County - US GenWebArchives -
- WIGenWeb - Genealogy and History Information Part of the WIGenWeb -
Vital Records
Birth, Death, & Marriage Records:
Earliest Registration Dates*:
Births 1875
Deaths 1876
Marriages 1864
Richland Register of Deeds
181 W Seminary St., P.O. Box 337
Richland Center, WI 53581
Telephone: (608) 647-3011
- 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
- Richland County Cemeteries - The Lower Wisconsin River Genealogical and Historical Research Center Listing of Richlan County Cemeteries. Files of cemetery burials can be downloaded. -
- Tombstone Photograph Pages Richland County - Richland 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.
Maps and Atlases
Military
Societies, Libraries and Offline Resources
- Newspapers in Richland County - List of county newspaper publications listed at the Library of Congress -
