Rock County, Wisconsin, United States

Details for Rock County

Name

Rock County

Place Type

County

Located in

Wisconsin, United States

County Seat

Janesville

Coordinates

Latitude		42.6666772		42° 40' 00" N
Longitude		-89.0667786		89° 04' 00.4" W

Population

139,510

Elevation

248 m

Surrounding Counties

Jefferson NE
Walworth E
McHenry (Illinois) SE
Boone (Illinois) SE
Winnebago (Illinois) S
Stephenson (Illinois) SW
Green NW
Dane NW

USGS GNIS FeatureID

1581113

Histopolis Place ID

313029184

Updated Apr 15, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Rock County

7 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Rock County, Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_County,_Wisconsin (24 Jul 2010)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=3045 (5 Sep 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Wisconsin > Rock County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Wisconsin > Rock County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/WI/Rock/ (1 Aug 2010)

Rock County, Wisconsin WI, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Rock County, Wisconsin WI, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23156 (26 Nov 2008)

USGenWeb Archives: Rock County, Wisconsin [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/rock.htm (4 Feb 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Rock County, Wis. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RO.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Rock County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=23156&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (8 Jan 2008)

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Surveys in Rock County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 20 Townships

The Fourth Principal Extended Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Rock County. You can navigate to any of the 20 survey townships that overlap Rock County using the navigation tool below.

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Towns, Cities and Villages of Rock County

20 Towns, 5 Cities, 3 Villages (Town is assumed unless noted)

Avon	Beloit	Beloit (city)	Bradford
Center	Clinton	Clinton (village)	Edgerton (city)
Evansville (city)	Footville (village)	Fulton	Harmony
Janesville	Janesville (city)	Johnstown	La Prairie
Lima	Magnolia	Milton	Milton (city)
Newark	Orfordville (village)	Plymouth	Porter
Rock	Spring Valley	Turtle	Union

Cities of Rock County

6 Cities, 3 Villages, 41 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Afton	Anderson	Avalon	Avon
Belcrest	Beloit (city)	Bergen	Brodhead (city)
Cainville	Charlie Bluff	Christilla Heights	Clinton (village)
Cooksville	Coopers Shores	Crestview	Edgerton (city)
Emerald Grove	Evansville (city)	Fairfield	Fellows (historical u.p.)
Footville (village)	Foxhollow	Fulton	Garden Village
Hanover	Hans Addition	Holiday Hills	Indianford
Janesville (city)	Johnstown	Johnstown Center	Koshkonong
Leyden	Lima Center	Magnolia	Mallwood
Maple Beach	Milton (city)	Milton Junction	Newark
Newville	Orfordville (village)	Porters	Shopiere
Spring Valley	Stebbinsville	Tiffany	Union
Victory Heights	Wright's Mobile Home Park

Cemeteries of Rock County

44 Cemeteries, 7 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Afton	Baldwin	Ball Tavern	Bradford
Calvary (Beloit)	Calvary (Magnolia Town)	Clinton	Clinton Corners
East Jefferson Prairie	East Lawn	Fassett	Fulton
Greenwood	Grove	Holy Cross	Jenson
Johnstown	Lima Center	Maple Grove	Maple Hill
Milton	Milton Junction	Milton Lawn Memorial Park	Mount Olivet
Mount Phillips	Mount Zion	Mt. Olivet (*)	Mt. Phillips (*)
Mt. Zion (*)	Newark	North Johnstown	Northrup
Oak Hill	Oakwood	Otter Creek	Plymouth
Rock River	Saint Catherine	Saint Joseph	Saint Marys
Saint Michaels	Scotch Hill	South Porter	St. Catherine (*)
St. Joseph (*)	St. Marys (*)	St. Michaels (*)	Tabor
Turtle	Utters Corners	West Magnolia

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