Richland County, Wisconsin

Richland County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2020, 17,304 people lived there.^[1] Its county seat is Richland Center.^[2]

Richland County
County
Richland County Courthouse
Location within the U.S. state of Wisconsin
Wisconsin's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 43°23′N 90°26′W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Founded	1850
Seat	Richland Center
Largest city	Richland Center
Area
• Total	589 sq mi (1,530 km2)
• Land	586 sq mi (1,520 km2)
• Water	3.1 sq mi (8 km2)  0.5%
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	17,304
• Density	29.5/sq mi (11.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts	2nd, 3rd
Website	co.richland.wi.us/index.shtml

Geography

Census	Pop.		%±
1850	903		—
1860	9,732		977.7%
1870	15,731		61.6%
1880	18,174		15.5%
1890	19,121		5.2%
1900	19,483		1.9%
1910	18,809		−3.5%
1920	19,823		5.4%
1930	19,525		−1.5%
1940	20,381		4.4%
1950	19,245		−5.6%
1960	17,684		−8.1%
1970	17,079		−3.4%
1980	17,476		2.3%
1990	17,521		0.3%
2000	17,924		2.3%
2010	18,021		0.5%
2020	17,304		−4.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[3] 1790–1960[4] 1900–1990[5] 1990–2000[6] 2010–2020[1]

The county has a total area of 589 square miles (1,530 km²). Of this 586 square miles (1,520 km²) is land and 3 square miles (7.8 km²) (0.54%) is water.

Cities, villages, and towns

• Akan
• Bloom
• Boaz
• Buena Vista
• Cazenovia
• Dayton
• Eagle
• Forest
• Henrietta
• Ithaca
• Lone Rock
• Marshall
• Orion
• Richland Center
• Richland
• Richwood
• Rockbridge
• Sylvan
• Viola (partial)
• Westford
• Willow
• Yuba

Unincorporated communities

• Ash Ridge
• Aubrey
• Balmoral
• Basswood
• Bear Valley
• Bloom City
• Bosstown
• Buck Creek
• Bunker Hill
• Byrds Creek
• Eagle Corners
• Excelsior
• Germantown
• Gillingham
• Gotham
• Hub City
• Ithaca
• Jimtown
• Keyesville
• Loyd
• Neptune
• Nevels Corners
• Rockbridge
• Port Andrew
• Sabin
• Sand Prairie
• Sextonville
• Sylvan
• Tavera
• Tunnelville (partial)
• Twin Bluffs
• West Lima
• Westport
• Wild Rose
• Woodstock

Ghost towns

• Ashford
• Corwin
• Henrietta
• McGrew
• Mill Creek

Images

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  Farm in Richland County near Cazenovia
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  Sign marking entrance into Richland County