Darlington is the county seat for Lafayette County
Argyle is in Lafayette County
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Argyle was founded in 1844 by Allen Wright, a Scotsman who named it after the Duke of Argyle. In 1855, the first bridge was built here over the Pecatonica River. The bridge was replaced in 1875 and again in 1895. Yet another bridge, the much admired . . . — — Map (db m55580) HM
This is the surviving portion of Argyle’s oldest existing house, built by John Z. Saxton and J.S. Waddington in 1850. Robert M. LaFollette lived here for ten years after his mother married Saxton in 1862. “Fighting Bob” LaFollette rose to become . . . — — Map (db m229772) HM