Darlington is the county seat for Lafayette County
Argyle is in Lafayette County
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On Mineral Point Road (State Highway 78) at River Street, on the right when traveling east on Mineral Point Road.
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
On N. State Street (Wisconsin Route 78) 0.1 miles north of Grant St., on the right when traveling south.
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