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Place Name
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Grant County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Lancaster
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Population
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49,264 (1990)
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Location
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Wisconsin, United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°51'N
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Longitude
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90°42'W
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Grant
, county (
1,183 sq mi/3,064 sq km; 1990
pop. 49,264), extreme SW Wis.;  Lancaster; 42°51'N 90°42'W.
Agr. (barley, oats, corn, soybeans, alfalfa, hay; cattle, hogs, sheep,
poultry); mining (zinc, lead); some mfg. Bounded S by Ill. state line,
N by Wisconsin R., W by the Mississippi R. (here forming Iowa state
line); drained by Platte and Blue rivers, small Grant R. Contains
Wyalusing State Park in NW. Lock and Dam No. 10 in W, Lock and Dam No.
11 in S, both on Mississippi R.; Nelson Dewey State Park and Stonefield
State Historic Site in W; W end of Pecatonica State Trail in E,
terminating at Platteville; Bull Run Ski Area and Eagle Valley Nature
Preserve in N. Formed 1836.
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