{"id":8811,"date":"2023-10-07T20:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T20:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8811"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:20:50","slug":"crawford-county-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/crawford-county-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Crawford County, Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crawford County is a county in Wisconsin, United States, bounded on the west by the Mississippi River and drained by the winding Kickapoo River. It had a population of 16,113 at the 2020 census and covers 599 square miles (1,550 km2), of which 571 square miles is land, centred near 43\u00b014\u2032N 90\u00b056\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Prairie du Chien is the county seat, and its postal code is 53821. The county has one city, ten incorporated villages, and roughly twenty unincorporated communities spread across eleven civil townships. Crawford County sits in the Central time zone and carries FIPS code 55023.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Crawford County<\/h2>\n

Crawford County contains one city, ten incorporated villages, and about twenty unincorporated communities across its eleven towns (townships). Population figures below are shown only where confirmed by the 2020 census or the county’s ZIP directory; unconfirmed cells are marked with an em dash. “CDP” denotes a Census-Designated Place and “Unincorp.” an unincorporated community with no municipal government of its own.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Barnum<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bell Center<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boydtown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bridgeport<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nBridgeport<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charme<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
De Soto<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Easter Rock<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastman<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nEastman<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n54626<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fairview<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ferryville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n54628<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gays Mills<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n54631<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harmony Hill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnstown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lynxville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montgomeryville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Sterling<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n54645<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Zion<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Clayton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nClayton<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Petersburg<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pine Knob<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plugtown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prairie du Chien<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nPrairie du Chien<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n53821<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reed<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rising Sun<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rolling Ground<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seneca<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nSeneca<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n54654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soldiers Grove<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n54655<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steuben<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n54657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Towerville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wauzeka<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nWauzeka<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n53826<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
White Corners<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yankeetown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two names on this list are easy to mix up: the village of Eastman and the town (township) of Eastman that surrounds it share a name, as do the village of Wauzeka and its enclosing township, and the village of Seneca and the township of Seneca. In each case the village is the incorporated place inside the larger township.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Crawford County is divided into eleven civil townships. Confirmed 2020 township-level population figures were not available from the sources checked for this profile, so the population column below is left blank rather than estimated.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Bridgeport<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nBridgeport (unincorporated)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clayton<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nNorth Clayton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastman<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nVillage of Eastman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Freeman<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haney<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marietta<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prairie du Chien<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nCity of Prairie du Chien<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seneca<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSeneca<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Utica<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wauzeka<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nVillage of Wauzeka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n