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History · Monticello

42% of Monticello’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
42%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Monticello’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Monticello are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19023 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1984. Watch Monticello change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Monticello’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Monticello on the map, 1902 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Monticello. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Monticello on the 1902 USGS mapMonticello on the 1952 USGS mapMonticello on the 1984 USGS map1902Mineral Point sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Monticello.

The story so far

Monticello, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Monticello yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Monticello is a town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 138 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 133 to 138 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Monticello, census by census

010020002020Peak: 148

Between 133 and 148 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Monticello’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

GratiotIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWhite Oak SpringsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.