{"id":8831,"date":"2023-10-08T14:03:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8831"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:59:39","slug":"grant-county-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/grant-county-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant County, Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grant County is a county in Wisconsin, United States, about 19 miles east of Dubuque, Iowa,
\nacross the Mississippi River. It had a population of 51,938 at the 2020 census, an estimated
\n52,446 in 2025, and covers 1,147 square miles (2,970 km2) of land centred near 42\u00b052\u2032N 90\u00b043\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Lancaster is the county seat; its postal code is 53813. The county holds 5 cities, 14
\nvillages and 38 unincorporated communities across 33 towns, and it runs on Central Time. Its
\nFIPS code is 55043.<\/p>\n

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

Grant County has 19 incorporated places on record: 5 cities and 14 villages. It also carries
\n38 named unincorporated communities with no local government of their own, listed further below.
\nCDP stands for census designated place; Unincorp. covers crossroads and rural communities with
\nno formal boundary.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTown<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Platteville<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nPlatteville<\/td>\n11,836<\/td>\n53818<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lancaster<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nLancaster<\/td>\n3,907<\/td>\n53813<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boscobel<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nBoscobel<\/td>\n3,286<\/td>\n53805<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fennimore<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nFennimore<\/td>\n2,764<\/td>\n53809<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cuba City<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2,138<\/td>\n53807<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hazel Green<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nHazel Green<\/td>\n1,173<\/td>\n53811<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dickeyville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,015<\/td>\n53808<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muscoda<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nMuscoda<\/td>\n1,307<\/td>\n53573<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cassville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nCassville<\/td>\n777<\/td>\n53806<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bloomington<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nBloomington<\/td>\n741<\/td>\n53804<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montfort<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n705<\/td>\n53569<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Livingston<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n637<\/td>\n53554<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Potosi<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nPotosi<\/td>\n646<\/td>\n53820<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue River<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n457<\/td>\n53518<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bagley<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n356<\/td>\n53801<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennyson<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n348<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patch Grove<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nPatch Grove<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n53817<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Hope<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nMount Hope<\/td>\n215<\/td>\n53816<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woodman<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nWoodman<\/td>\n118<\/td>\n53827<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Three villages sit on a county line. Cuba City is mostly in Grant County but reaches into
\nLafayette County; Hazel Green does the same, with a small share in Lafayette County; and
\nMuscoda, Livingston and Montfort each carry the bulk of their population in Grant County with a
\nsmaller share across the Iowa County line. Populations above are village-wide totals, not
\nGrant-County-only counts.<\/p>\n

Beyond the 19 incorporated places, Grant County lists 38 unincorporated communities: Annaton,
\nArthur, Beetown, Bigpatch, British Hollow, Brodtville, Buena Vista, Burton, Castle Rock,
\nCenterville, Cornelia, Diamond Grove, Ellenboro, Elmo, Fair Play, Five Points, Flora Fountain,
\nGeorgetown, Glen Haven, Hickory Grove, Homer, Hurricane, Lancaster Junction, Louisburg,
\nMcCartney, Millville, Mount Ida, North Andover, Prairie Corners, Preston, Rockville, Rutledge,
\nSaint Rose, Sandy Hook, Shady Dell, Sinsinawa, Stitzer, Union, Van Buren, Werley and Wyalusing.
\nNone has a 2020 census count of its own; the Census Bureau does not track population separately
\nfor a place with no incorporated boundary.<\/p>\n

Towns<\/h2>\n

Wisconsin organizes its rural land into civil towns rather than survey townships, and Grant
\nCounty has 33 of them: Beetown, Bloomington, Boscobel, Cassville, Castle Rock, Clifton,
\nEllenboro, Fennimore, Glen Haven, Harrison, Hazel Green, Hickory Grove, Jamestown, Liberty,
\nLima, Little Grant, Marion, Millville, Mount Hope, Mount Ida, Muscoda, North Lancaster, Paris,
\nPatch Grove, Platteville, Potosi, Smelser, South Lancaster, Waterloo, Watterstown, Wingville,
\nWoodman and Wyalusing. Each town runs its own elected board and provides road maintenance,
\nzoning and fire protection outside the incorporated cities and villages; several share a name
\nwith the village or city inside their boundary (the Town of Fennimore surrounds the City of
\nFennimore, for example), while others, like Clifton, Harrison, Liberty, Lima, Little Grant,
\nMarion, Paris, Smelser, Waterloo, Watterstown and Wingville, contain no incorporated place at
\nall.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n