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Certified annual statements submitted to the County Clerk by clerks of all towns, villages, and cities within the county, pursuant to Wis. Stats. 68.01. Statements list state, county, municipal, highway, and school district taxes and special assessments levied, and for what purposes; loans outstanding from the state; special charges owed by the municipality to the state or county; assessed valuation of lands subject to school district taxes; tax rates; and amount of bonded indebtedness. Copies of these statements were submitted to the State Department of Taxation and its predecessor, the Wisconsin Tax Commission.

Clerk's record of election returns, containing copies of County and District Boards of Canvassers' statements listing names of persons elected and showing county-wide vote totals for 1859-1930 and precinct vote totals, 1876-1930. Also contains copies of State Board of Canvassers statements of votes cast by soldiers claiming St. Croix County residence (1862, 1863, and 1865). Results of certain elections are missing from this record.

Lists for each precinct showing names of all persons voting in April and September elections of 1960. Each poll list contains the oath of election of inspectors, elections clerks, and ballot clerk for its precinct.

Reports of audits of county financial records, conducted by the state. Each bound typescript report is arranged in sections corresponding to the following county offices: Clerk and Treasurer, Highway Department, Register of Deeds, County Court, Sheriff, Clerk of Court, and Justice Courts. For earlier years, reports of audits of the County Home and Hospital are included in the county volume. After 1941 they are separately bound.
Reports are present for these years: 1927, 1928, 1935-1941, 1949-1957 (county offices only), 1958-1959, 1960-1962 (Home and Hospital only), and 1964 (county offices only). Additional reports may have been added since this cataloging.

Annual reports to the County Board by the Board of Trustees of the County Hospital and County Home, published by the County Clerk. Each report includes financial statements, statement of movement of population, and narrative reports of the Superintendent and the Physician. Included in the financial statements is a summary of charges to the state, counties, and private persons for care of inmates. The report for 1904 is included in published County Board proceedings.

Records including applications for transportation, correspondence, notices of hearings and actions, orders changing district boundaries and consolidating districts, petitions, tax levy documents, and tax statements.

Records including proceedings of the town Board of Supervisors, 1892-1934 (3 volumes); financial records, 1882-1970; chattel mortgages, 1881-1904; civil defense records, 1856-1974; and fire department, park, utility, and welfare records, 1949-1981.

Town Board records related to roads including orders to lay out roads, field notes of surveys for roads, financial information, award of damages to land owners damaged in road construction, petitions, agreements, and orders. Included are 4 volumes of highway records (1858-1929), agreements and orders (1938-1970), and petitions (1948-1976).

Record of town elections including inspectors' oaths, poll lists, election returns, and certificates of election.

Certified poll lists with names of all persons voting in various elections held in the Town of Pleasant Valley. Includes official oaths of election inspectors and clerks.

Includes: [1] 2 volumes of Treasurer's account books, 1863-1883, recording town income and expenditures including state and town taxes, school, highway, and county taxes; [2] book of Road Records, 1857-1895, containing highway construction and alteration petitions, surveyor's notes and reports, compensation claims, awards, and releases; and [3] record of chattel mortgages, 1876-1885, showing names of mortgagor and mortgagee, filing dates, and dates of discharge or release.
The summary above refers to the processed portion dated 1857-1895. Additional accessions are described below.

Clerk's and Treasurer's records including reports of the meetings and meetings of the board of supervisors; audits of town accounts; receipts and disbursements records, records of chattel mortgages, estrays, marks and brands, taxes levied, division of school districts and apportionment of school funds, and election of town officers and oaths administered; poll list; and highway records showing location of roads.
The summary above refers to the processed portion dating 1857-1917. Additional accessions are described below, 1859-1973.

Minutes of town board meetings, election results, proceedings of the board of appeals, audit reports, and highway records.

Record book, 1899-1954, containing minutes of school board meetings, annual district meetings, special meetings, financial information, 1899-1954; and school census including names and ages of students, 1900-1912. Also includes a transcription of the school census, and miscellaneous correspondence, 1945-1954, compiled by Nancy Gartmann Hawkinson, 2010.

Rough drafts of minutes of city council meetings, 1933-1937, and minutes of council meetings, 1938-1947. Also included are miscellaneous petitions and resolutions, 1931-1936.

Record of judge's decisions and orders. Content includes names of plaintiff and defendant, case summaries, date, judgments, and orders.Index in front of each volume.

Informations (sworn accusations) read before the County Court by the District Attorney to formally charge individuals with criminal violations of state statutes. Entries list charge, date of action, place of offense, name of district attorney, name of defendant, and date of information given. Volume 1: 1878-1909; Volume 2: 1910-1926; Volume 3: 1927-1953.

Audit reports for the city containing summary financial statements for city accounts. Included also are audits of the city water and sewage treatment departments.

Records of property ownership, type of land, building data, and tax assessments for real estate.