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 WALWORTH,--Population 22,662. From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855 pg. 106 Having good farming lands, was rapidly settled at an early day. The north part of the County is rolling, being openings, interspersed with small prairies and well watered, and dotted with numberless little lakes. The south-western part has more prairies, and they are of greater extent. The water-falls are numerous, but not sufficient to create any great power, but enough in all parts of the County, for mills. The soil is of an excellent quality, and well cultivated, and it is considered one of the richest Counties in the State. Elkhorn, the County Seat, is located in the geographical centre, and is a beautiful place. Whitewater, the only depot of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road in Walworth, is the largest place, and of some importance as a market for the surrounding country. Delavan and Geneva are good sized villages. The Milwaukee and Mississippi--the Kenosha and Beloit--the Racine--the Wisconsin Central and the Rock River Valley Rail Roads all pass for a great or less distance through this Country. The Racine and Janesville Plank Road has its western terminus at Delavan. Links and Resources: Hillside Cemetery-offsite link of some tombstones in Hillside Cemetery, Whitewater, WI. Millard Cemetery-offsite link of some tombstones in Millard Cemetery, Millard, WI. Spring Grove Cemetery-offsite link of some tombstones in Spring Grove Cemetery, Delavan, WI. Wisconsin Biographies Project-Walworth 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 About Us | What's New | Wisconsin Counties & Towns | Wisconsin Genealogy Resources Wisconsin Maps & Atlases | Military in Wisconsin | Education-Wisconsin Schools WI Native Americans | Great Lakes Marine and Shipping Contributors | How to Contribute *Records may contain dates previous to year listed. But prior to the year listed recording was sporatic. | ||||||
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