GREEN COUNTY, situated on the southern boundary of Wisconsin. Area, 576 square miles. Seat of justice, Monroe. Pop. in 1840, 933; in 1850, 6,179. (Fanning's, 1853)
GREEN, a county in the S. part of Wisconsin, bordering on Illinois, has an area of about 000 square miles. It is intersected by the Pekatonica and Sugar rivers. The surface is much broken by hills of moderate height, capable of being cultivated to their summits. The southern part consists chiefly of prairie, and the other portions are rather sparsely timbered. The soil is productive. Wheat, Indian corn, oats, hay, and butter are the staples. In 1850 the county produced 148,997 bushels of wheat; 152,487 of oats; 133,595 of corn; 10,588 tons of hay, and 113,867 pounds of butter. It contained 6 churches, 1 newspaper office, 1132 pupils attending public schools, and 50 attending academies or other schools. Lead mines are worked in several parts of the county, with some profit. Limestone is the principal rock. Sugar river affords permanent water-power in this county. Capital, Monroe. Pop., 8566. (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)
GREEN, County, is bounded on the north by Dane, on the east by Rock, on the south by the State line, and on the west by Iowa and Lafayette, and is 4 townships, or 24 miles square. It was set off from Iowa, Dec. 7, 1836, to which it remained attached until Jan. 15, 1838, when it was fully organized. The seat of justice is at Monroe, about 7 miles south from the centre of the county. The soil in the northern part is generally a sandy loam, and in the south mostly prairie, with a subsoil of clay, and is very productive, being adapted to all the purposes of tillage and grazing. It is well watered by the Peckatonnica and Sugar rivers and their branches, and is well apportioned between meadow, prairie and timbered lands. This county comprises the twenty-fourth senate district, and sends one member to the assembly. It is connected with the first judicial circuit and to the second congressional district. The mineral region extends east nearly through this county, and several valuable lodes are being worked. The population in 1840 was 933; 1842, 1,594; 1846, 4,758; 1847, 6,487; 1850, 8,583. Dwellings, 1,487; farms, 805; manufactories, 46. County Officers for 1853 and 1854: County Judge, John A. Brigham; Sheriff, John Moore ; Clerk of Court, Noah Phelps; District Attorney, E. T. Gardiner; Register of Deeds, James L. Powell; Clerk of Board of Supervisors, Horace B. Poyer; County Treasurer, Francis Emmerson. (John Warren Hunt, Wisconsin Gazetteer..., Madison, 1853)