Lafayette County, Wisconsin

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Lafayette County, Wisconsin is a predominantly rural county in southwestern Wisconsin known for its agricultural landscape, small historic communities, and location near the Illinois state line.

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Label Occurrences
Lafayette County, Wisconsin canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
adjacentTo Grant County, Wisconsin ⓘ
Green County, Wisconsin ⓘ
Iowa County, Wisconsin ⓘ
Jo Daviess County, Illinois ⓘ
Stephenson County, Illinois ⓘ
borders Illinois ⓘ
borderType near Illinois state line ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
formedIn 19th century ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasArea approximately 635 square miles ⓘ
hasAreaCode 608 ⓘ
hasAreaLand approximately 634 square miles ⓘ
hasAreaWater approximately 1 square mile ⓘ
hasCharacteristic agricultural landscape ⓘ
small historic communities ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental climate ⓘ
hasCountySeat Darlington, Wisconsin ⓘ
hasCountySeatFunction Darlington, Wisconsin is the administrative center ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic low population density ⓘ
hasFeature historic buildings ⓘ
rolling farmland ⓘ
small towns ⓘ
hasFIPSCode 55065 ⓘ
hasGNISID 1582377 ⓘ
hasHistoricEconomicActivity lead mining ⓘ
hasISOCodeSubdivision US-WI ⓘ
hasJudicialDistrict Wisconsin Circuit Court system ⓘ
hasLargestCity Darlington, Wisconsin ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 16,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
hasPostalAbbreviationState WI ⓘ
hasPrimaryLandUse farmland ⓘ
hasRegion Midwest ⓘ
hasTransportationType rural highways ⓘ
isGovernedBy Lafayette County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
isNamedFor Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ
isPartOf United States Midwest ⓘ
isPredominantly rural ⓘ
locatedIn Wisconsin ⓘ
southwestern Wisconsin ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ
partOf Driftless Area ⓘ
subdivisionName1 State of Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to: Wisconsin
subdivisionType county ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stephenson County, Illinois, United States → hasBorderWith → Lafayette County, Wisconsin ⓘ
Stephenson County, Illinois → borderingCounty → Lafayette County, Wisconsin ⓘ
South Central Wisconsin → containsCounty → Lafayette County, Wisconsin ⓘ
Green County, Wisconsin → borders → Lafayette County, Wisconsin ⓘ
Iowa County, Wisconsin → borders → Lafayette County, Wisconsin ⓘ
Wisconsin State Highway 11 → passesThroughCounty → Lafayette County, Wisconsin ⓘ
Belmont, Wisconsin → locatedIn → Lafayette County, Wisconsin ⓘ
Belmont, Wisconsin → locatedInCountySeatOf → Lafayette County, Wisconsin ⓘ