Editing Vernon County, Wisconsin

{{Short description|County in Wisconsin, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Vernon, Wisconsin}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Vernon County
 | state                = Wisconsin
 | seal                 = 
 | founded year         = 1851
 | founded date         = 
 | seat wl              = Viroqua
 | largest city wl      = Viroqua
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 816
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 792
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 25
 | area percentage      = 3.0%
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 30714
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2024
 | pop_est_footnotes    = <ref name=qf>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/vernoncountywisconsin/PST045222|title=QuickFacts: Vernon County, Wisconsin|website=Census.gov|access-date=July 27, 2022}}</ref>
 | population_est       = 31351 {{gain}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = 39.6
 | time zone            = Central
 | footnotes            = 
 | web                  = http://www.vernoncounty.org/
 | named for            = [[Mount Vernon]]
 | district             = 3rd
 | ex image             = CourthouseVernonCountyWI.jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Vernon County Courthouse (Wisconsin)|Vernon County Courthouse]] in October 2015
}}

'''Vernon County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Wisconsin]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 30,714.<ref name="USCensusEst2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/technical-documentation/research/evaluation-estimates/2020-evaluation-estimates/2010s-counties-total.html/|title=County Population Totals: 2010-2020|access-date=June 20, 2021}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Viroqua, Wisconsin|Viroqua]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref>

==History==
Vernon County was renamed from '''Bad Ax County''' on March 22, 1862. Bad Ax County had been created on March 1, 1851, from territory that had been part of Richland and Crawford counties.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=Nrc:id-4-dynrank-disabled,N:1078-684-4294962559&dsNavOnly=N:1078-684 Bad Axe (county)]. Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=3702&keyword=vernon Vernon County [origin of place name&#93;]. Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref> The name ''Vernon'' was chosen to reflect the county's green fields of wheat and to evoke [[Mount Vernon]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Winnebago Took Its Name from an Indian Tribe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/915335/wisconsin_county_names/|newspaper=The Post-Crescent|date=December 28, 1963|page=14|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 25, 2014}} {{Open access}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|816|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|792|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|25|sqmi}} (3.0%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_55.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 9, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[Image:US 14.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 14]]
* [[Image:US 61.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 61]]
* [[Image:WIS 27.svg|20px]] [[Highway 27 (Wisconsin)]]
* [[Image:WIS 33.svg|20px]] [[Highway 33 (Wisconsin)]]
* [[Image:WIS 35.svg|20px]] [[Highway 35 (Wisconsin)]]
* [[Image:WIS 56.svg|20px]] [[Highway 56 (Wisconsin)]]
* [[Image:WIS 80.svg|20px]] [[Highway 80 (Wisconsin)]]
* [[Image:WIS 82.svg|20px]] [[Highway 82 (Wisconsin)]]
* [[Image:WIS 131.svg|20px]] [[Highway 131 (Wisconsin)]]
* [[Image:WIS 162.svg|20px]] [[Highway 162 (Wisconsin)]]
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===Railroads===
*[[BNSF]]

===Buses===
*[[Scenic Mississippi Regional Transit]]

===Airports===
* [[Viroqua Municipal Airport]] (Y51) serves the county and surrounding communities.
* The [[Joshua Sanford Field]] airport (<s>KHBW</s>) closed on November 10, 2016.

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[La Crosse County, Wisconsin|La Crosse County]]{{snd}}northwest
* [[Monroe County, Wisconsin|Monroe County]]{{snd}}north
* [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau County]]{{snd}}northeast
* [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk County]]{{snd}}east
* [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland County]]{{snd}}southeast
* [[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford County]]{{snd}}south
* [[Allamakee County, Iowa]]{{snd}}southwest
* [[Houston County, Minnesota]]{{snd}}west
{{div col end}}

==Demographics and religion statistics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 11007
|1870= 18645
|1880= 23235
|1890= 25111
|1900= 28351
|1910= 28116
|1920= 29252
|1930= 28537
|1940= 29940
|1950= 27906
|1960= 25663
|1970= 24557
|1980= 25642
|1990= 25617
|2000= 28056
|2010= 29773
|2020= 30714
|estimate=31351
|estyear=2024
|estref= 
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 9, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 9, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/wi190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=August 9, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=August 9, 2015}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/55/55123.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 24, 2014|archive-date=October 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018131528/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/55/55123.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  2024<ref name=qf/>
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|census of 2020]],<ref name="2020-census-55123">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census: Vernon County, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US55123&y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29 |website=data.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> the population was 30,714. The [[population density]] was {{convert|38.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 13,813 housing units at an average density of {{convert|17.5|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 95.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.4% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.8% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 2.9% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 1.5% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

===2000 census===
{{Stack|[[Image:USA Vernon County, Wisconsin age pyramid.svg|thumb|left|2000 Census Age Pyramid for Vernon County]]}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 28,056 people, 10,825 households, and 7,501 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|35|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 12,416 housing units at an average density of {{convert|16|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 98.81% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.06% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.15% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.27% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.48% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 38.3% were of [[norwegian people|Norwegian]], 26.9% [[German people|German]], 6.4% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 6.1% [[English people|English]] ancestry. 90.9% spoke [[English language|English]], 3.5% [[German language|German]], 1.8% [[norwegian language|Norwegian]], 1.2% [[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania Dutch]] and 1.0% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as their first language.

There were 10,825 households, out of which 31.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.70% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.70% were non-families. 26.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.40% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.60 males.

In 2017, there were 434 births, giving a general fertility rate of 90.5 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the fourth highest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties. Of these births, 123 occurred at home, second only to Clark County which had 184 home births.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publication/p01161-2019-tb.xlsx |title=Annual Wisconsin Birth and Infant Mortality Report, 2017 P-01161-19 (June 2019): Detailed Tables |access-date=June 19, 2019 |archive-date=June 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619175940/https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publication/p01161-2019-tb.xlsx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2010, the largest religious groups by reported number of adherents were ELCA Lutheran at 6,735 adherents, Catholic at 3,060 adherents, Amish at 2,786 adherents, United Methodist at 1,533 adherents, Wisconsin Synod Lutheran at 1,402 adherents, and Non-denominational Christian at 766 adherents.<ref>[http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/rcms2010A.asp?U=55123&T=county&Y=2010&S=Name thearda.com County Membership Report for Vernon County]</ref>
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==Religion==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Vernon County,according to ARDA (2020) <ref name="arda2020">{{cite web |title=Vernon County, Ohio - County Membership Report (2020) |url=https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&y2=0&t=0&c=55123|publisher=The Association of Religion Data Archives}}</ref>
|label1 = Mainline Protestant Churches
|value1 = 21
|color1 = Red 
|label2 = Evangelical Churches
|value2 = 14.7
|color2 = Blue
|label3 = Anabaptist Churches (Amish and Mennonite)
|value3 = 11.8
|color3 = DodgerBlue 
|label4 = Catholic Church 
|value4 = 6.8
|color4 = Purple
|label5 =  
|value5 = 
|color5 = 
|label6 = Others 
|value6 = 1.1
|color6 = Orange
|label7 = None
|value7 = 44.6
|color7 = White 
}}

==Economy==
The county is home to the headquarters of [[Organic Valley]], the world's largest cooperative of family farmers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://driftlesswisconsin.com/explore/food-and-farming/|title=Food & Farming - Driftless Wisconsin Region Guide|work=Driftless Wisconsin Region Guide|access-date=August 14, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.organicvalley.coop/about-us/overview/our-history/|title=Why Organic Valley? {{!}} Leaders in Organic|website=www.organicvalley.coop|language=en|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Parks==
Vernon County is home to multiple county and state parks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Land and Water Resources |url=http://www.vernoncounty.org/LWCD/index.htm |access-date=June 6, 2019 | publisher=Vernon County}}</ref> The Kickapoo Valley Reserve, an 8600-acre natural reserve, is between the villages of La Farge and Ontario. [[Wildcat Mountain State Park]] is also in the county.

===County Parks and Forests===
*  Blackhawk Park
*  Duck Egg County Forest
*  Esofea/Rentz Memorial Park
*  Jersey Valley Park
*  Kooyumjian - Lost Creek County Forest
*  Runge Hollow Recreation Area
*  Sidie Hollow Park
*  Wayside Park & Coon Prairie Trail

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Hillsboro, Wisconsin|Hillsboro]]
* [[Viroqua, Wisconsin|Viroqua]] (county seat)
* [[Westby, Wisconsin|Westby]]

===Villages===
{{div col}}
* [[Chaseburg, Wisconsin|Chaseburg]]
* [[Coon Valley, Wisconsin|Coon Valley]]
* [[De Soto, Wisconsin|De Soto]] (partly in [[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford County]])
* [[Genoa, Wisconsin|Genoa]]
* [[La Farge, Wisconsin|La Farge]]
* [[Ontario, Wisconsin|Ontario]]
* [[Readstown, Wisconsin|Readstown]]
* [[Stoddard, Wisconsin|Stoddard]]
* [[Viola, Wisconsin|Viola]] (mostly in [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland County]])
{{div col end}}

===Towns===
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
* [[Bergen, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Bergen]]
* [[Christiana, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Christiana]]
* [[Clinton, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Clinton]]
* [[Coon, Wisconsin|Coon]]
* [[Forest, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Forest]]
* [[Franklin, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Franklin]]
* [[Genoa (town), Wisconsin|Genoa]]
* [[Greenwood, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Greenwood]]
* [[Hamburg, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Hamburg]]
* [[Harmony, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Harmony]]
* [[Hillsboro (town), Wisconsin|Hillsboro]]
* [[Jefferson, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Jefferson]]
* [[Kickapoo, Wisconsin|Kickapoo]]
* [[Liberty, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Liberty]]
* [[Stark, Wisconsin|Stark]]
* [[Sterling, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Sterling]]
* [[Union, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Union]]
* [[Viroqua (town), Wisconsin|Viroqua]]
* [[Webster, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Webster]]
* [[Wheatland, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Wheatland]]
* [[Whitestown, Wisconsin|Whitestown]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
* [[Avalanche, Wisconsin|Avalanche]]
* [[Bloomingdale, Wisconsin|Bloomingdale]]
* [[Bud, Wisconsin|Bud]]
* [[Dell, Wisconsin|Dell]]
* [[Dilly, Wisconsin|Dilly]]
* [[Esofea, Wisconsin|Esofea]]
* [[Fargo, Wisconsin|Fargo]]
* [[Folsom, Wisconsin|Folsom]]
* [[Greenwood (community), Vernon County, Wisconsin|Greenwood]]
* [[Kickapoo Center, Wisconsin|Kickapoo Center]]
* [[Liberty (community), Wisconsin|Liberty]]
* [[Liberty Pole, Wisconsin|Liberty Pole]]
* [[Mount Tabor, Wisconsin|Mount Tabor]]
* [[Newry, Wisconsin|Newry]]
* [[Newton, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Newton]]
* [[Pleasant Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Pleasant Valley]]
* [[Purdy, Wisconsin|Purdy]]
* [[Red Mound, Wisconsin|Red Mound]]
* [[Retreat, Wisconsin|Retreat]]
* [[Rockton, Wisconsin|Rockton]]
* [[Romance, Wisconsin|Romance]]
* [[Ross, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Ross]]
* [[Springville, Vernon County, Wisconsin|Springville]]
* [[Sugar Grove, Wisconsin|Sugar Grove]]
* [[Trippville, Wisconsin|Trippville]]
* [[Tunnelville, Wisconsin|Tunnelville]] (partial)
* [[Valley, Wisconsin|Valley]]
* [[Victory, Wisconsin|Victory]]
* [[West Prairie, Vernon County, Wisconsin|West Prairie]]
* [[White City, Wisconsin|White City]]
{{div col end}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:RoundBarnHillsboroWisconsin.jpg|Round barn near Hillsboro
Image:VernonCountyWisconsinCountrysideWIS80.jpg|Farm and countryside near Hillsboro, along [[Wisconsin Highway 80]]
Image:Vernon County jail.jpg|Vernon County jail in [[Viroqua, Wisconsin]]
</gallery>

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Vernon County, Wisconsin|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|8,807|7,514|288|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|8,218|7,457|248|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|7,004|6,371|900|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|5,942|8,044|283|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|5,367|8,463|245|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|6,774|7,924|147|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|5,684|6,577|783|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,796|5,572|1,858|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|4,072|5,673|2,971|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|5,226|5,754|98|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,469|5,051|83|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,528|5,501|744|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|6,132|5,534|226|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,836|3,407|142|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,824|3,666|1,065|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,640|6,242|16|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|6,909|4,836|15|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|6,200|4,923|17|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|7,619|4,032|12|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,139|5,226|105|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|5,676|5,409|36|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|6,614|5,776|102|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|4,811|6,044|502|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,979|5,939|139|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|6,596|2,559|99|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive (Wisconsin)|2,670|406|5,703|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,694|627|298|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,912|1,830|225|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|2,663|1,253|701|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|4,114|1,561|227|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|4,744|762|255|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|4,463|1,268|173|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|4,393|1,627|137|Wisconsin}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|3,106|1,440|635|Wisconsin}}
Vernon County had been a Democratic-leaning county since the [[1988 United States presidential election|1988 presidential election]], but Republican [[Donald Trump]] won a plurality of the vote in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] and a majority of the vote in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]] and [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]].

==See also==
* [[Blackhawk Park]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Vernon County, Wisconsin]]
* [[Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge]]

==References==
<references />

==Further reading==
* ''[http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/wch/id/44575/rec/1 History of Vernon County, Wisconsin]''. Springfield, Ill.: Union Publishing Company, 1884.
* Rogers, Earl M. (ed.) ''[http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/wch/id/49543/rec/2 Memoirs of Vernon County]''. Madison, Wis.: Western Historical Association, 1907.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Vernon County, Wisconsin}}
* [https://www.vernoncounty.org/ Vernon County]
* [http://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/travel/road/hwy-maps/county-maps/vernon.pdf Vernon County map] from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002143043/http://www.lmhscscorecard.com/sc/brief.cgi?s=1&c=12 Vernon County Health and Demographic Data]
* [http://www.vernonbroadcaster.com/ Vernon County Broadcaster]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Vernon County, Wisconsin
|North     = [[Monroe County, Wisconsin|Monroe County]]
|Northeast = [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau County]]
|East      = [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk County]]
|Southeast = [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland County]]
|South     = [[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford County]]
|Southwest = [[Allamakee County, Iowa]]
|West      = [[Houston County, Minnesota]]
|Northwest = [[La Crosse County, Wisconsin|La Crosse County]]
}}

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