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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,938. Its county seat is Lancaster. The county is named after the Grant River, in turn named after a fur trader who lived in the area when Wisconsin was a territory. Grant County comprises the Platteville, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is in the tri-state area of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and is crossed by travelers commuting to Madison from a number of eastern Iowan cities, and by residents of northern Illinois traveling to the Twin Cities or La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1836 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1836 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1836 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1837 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1840 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1842 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1870 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1840 | 3,926
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1850 | 16,169
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1860 | 31,189
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1870 | 37,979
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1880 | 37,852
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1890 | 36,651
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1900 | 38,881
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1910 | 39,007
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1920 | 39,044
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1930 | 38,469
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1940 | 40,639
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1950 | 41,460
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1960 | 44,419
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1970 | 48,398
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1980 | 51,736
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1990 | 49,264
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Grant County, Wisconsin, United States
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