Place:Grant, Wisconsin, United States

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NameGrant
Alt namesGrantsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates42.867°N 90.7°W
Located inWisconsin, United States     (1836 - )
See alsoIowa, Wisconsin, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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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.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1836 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1836 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1836 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1837 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1840 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1842 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 3,926
1850 16,169
1860 31,189
1870 37,979
1880 37,852
1890 36,651
1900 38,881
1910 39,007
1920 39,044
1930 38,469
1940 40,639
1950 41,460
1960 44,419
1970 48,398
1980 51,736
1990 49,264

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Grant County, Wisconsin, United States

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