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View of Darlington, Wisconsin, County Seat of Lafayette County
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Darlington's first settlers arrived by 1826, attracted by the lead mines of the area. Arrival of the railroad in 1856 stimulated growth, and in 1857 the county seat was moved to Darlington from Shullsburg.
1881
Beck and Pauli Litho
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Bird's-Eye View of Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin Looking North West
1871
Darlington, county seat of Lafayette County, was established in the late 1840s, but didn't thrive until the arrival of the railroad in 1856. This view show the villages six years before it became i...
Bird's-Eye View of Darlington
1896
Bird's-eye map of Darlington. Area bordered by Washington and North Streets, upper left hand corner, the fairgrounds, upper right corner, River Street, bottom left corner, and Galena and Hill Stree...
Map of Darlington
July 2, 1855
This map of Darlington shows a plat of the village with local streets, lots by number, U.S. subdivisions in red lines, Mineral Point Railroad in double red lines, bounds of railroads in dotted blac...
