{"id":8813,"date":"2023-10-07T20:34:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T20:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8813"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:13","slug":"dane-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dane-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Dane County, Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dane County is a county in Wisconsin, United States, centred on the state capital, Madison. It had a population of 561,504 at the 2020 census, making it the second most populous county in Wisconsin after Milwaukee, and covers 1,238 square miles (3,206 km2) — 1,197 square miles of land and 41 square miles of water — centred near 43\u00b004′N 89\u00b025′W.<\/p>\n

Madison is the county seat, and its postal code is 53703. The county holds 8 cities, 20 villages, and 31 towns (civil townships). Dane County runs on Central Time, and its FIPS code is 55025.<\/p>\n

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

Dane County has 59 incorporated places — 8 cities, 20 villages, and 31 civil townships — plus a handful of unincorporated communities and neighborhoods scattered through the townships. Madison, the county seat, sits at the county’s center; the rest of the incorporated places ring it in a pattern of satellite cities and villages, several of which (Fitchburg, Middleton, Monona, Verona) are now effectively part of the Madison urban area.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Madison<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n269,840<\/td>\n53703<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fitchburg<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30,177<\/td>\n53711<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sun Prairie<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nSun Prairie<\/td>\n36,428<\/td>\n53590<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middleton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nMiddleton<\/td>\n21,452<\/td>\n53562<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Verona<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nVerona<\/td>\n15,558<\/td>\n53593<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stoughton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n13,834<\/td>\n53589<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monona<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n8,190<\/td>\n53716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edgerton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n53534<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waunakee<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nWestport<\/td>\n15,960<\/td>\n53597<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McFarland<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nDunn<\/td>\n8,479<\/td>\n53558<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DeForest<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nVienna<\/td>\n11,318<\/td>\n53532<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Horeb<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nSpringdale<\/td>\n7,650<\/td>\n53572<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oregon<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\n10,268<\/td>\n53575<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cottage Grove<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nCottage Grove<\/td>\n7,349<\/td>\n53527<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cross Plains<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nCross Plains<\/td>\n4,213<\/td>\n53528<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windsor<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nWindsor<\/td>\n7,977<\/td>\n53598<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shorewood Hills<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,731<\/td>\n53705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marshall<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nMedina<\/td>\n3,930<\/td>\n53559<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black Earth<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nBlack Earth<\/td>\n1,375<\/td>\n53515<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mazomanie<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nMazomanie<\/td>\n1,846<\/td>\n53560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deerfield<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nDeerfield<\/td>\n2,724<\/td>\n53531<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue Mounds<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nBlue Mounds<\/td>\n870<\/td>\n53517<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belleville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2,392<\/td>\n53508<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brooklyn<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,547<\/td>\n53521<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cambridge<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,663<\/td>\n53523<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dane<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nDane<\/td>\n942<\/td>\n53529<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rockdale<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n53523<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maple Bluff<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,336<\/td>\n53704<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two of the county’s older platted places, Ashton and London, and several road-junction crossroads such as Token Creek, Pheasant Branch, and Kegonsa, are unincorporated communities inside their host townships rather than separate towns or villages — they carry no ZIP or census figures of their own and are not listed separately in the table above. Edgerton, in the county’s southeast corner, sits mostly across the line in Rock County; the population and boundaries above are for the whole city.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n
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Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Westport<\/td>\n4,977<\/td>\nWaunakee (village), Governor Nelson State Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burke<\/td>\n4,238<\/td>\nunincorporated, north of Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vienna<\/td>\n3,952<\/td>\nDeForest (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middleton<\/td>\n3,916<\/td>\nsurrounds the city of Middleton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sun Prairie<\/td>\n3,644<\/td>\nsurrounds the city of Sun Prairie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunn<\/td>\n5,652<\/td>\nMcFarland (village), Lake Kegonsa shoreline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blooming Grove<\/td>\n2,660<\/td>\nunincorporated, east of Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Verona<\/td>\n3,230<\/td>\nsurrounds the city of Verona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oregon<\/td>\n3,432<\/td>\nOregon (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windsor<\/td>\n2,724<\/td>\nWindsor (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cottage Grove<\/td>\n2,972<\/td>\nCottage Grove (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christiana<\/td>\n1,796<\/td>\nunincorporated, southeast county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Springdale<\/td>\n2,180<\/td>\nMount Horeb (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cross Plains<\/td>\n1,973<\/td>\nCross Plains (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pleasant Springs<\/td>\n2,166<\/td>\nunincorporated, Lake Kegonsa area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berry<\/td>\n1,502<\/td>\nunincorporated, west county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roxbury<\/td>\n1,547<\/td>\nunincorporated, Wisconsin River valley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mazomanie<\/td>\n1,431<\/td>\nMazomanie (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Springfield<\/td>\n2,027<\/td>\nunincorporated, west county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medina<\/td>\n1,542<\/td>\nMarshall (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deerfield<\/td>\n1,538<\/td>\nDeerfield (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black Earth<\/td>\n1,144<\/td>\nBlack Earth (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bristol<\/td>\n2,283<\/td>\nunincorporated, north-central county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
York<\/td>\n913<\/td>\nunincorporated, southeast county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rutland<\/td>\n1,619<\/td>\nunincorporated, south county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunkirk<\/td>\n1,477<\/td>\nStoughton area, south county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue Mounds<\/td>\n1,081<\/td>\nBlue Mounds (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primrose<\/td>\n595<\/td>\nunincorporated, southwest county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albion<\/td>\n1,552<\/td>\nunincorporated, southeast county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montrose<\/td>\n780<\/td>\nunincorporated, south county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vermont<\/td>\n703<\/td>\nunincorporated, southwest county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dane<\/td>\n1,153<\/td>\nDane (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perry<\/td>\n594<\/td>\nunincorporated, southwest county<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n