[1] It appears on the Fort Atkinson quadrangle of the United States Geological Survey topographic map and has been subsumed within the U.S.

Conover was a cow pasture until September 1864, when news arrived that the westward-growing railroad would pass through the area, at which time a village was quickly plotted from local farmland during a two-week period.

Rails laid by the McGregor Western Railroad Company reached Conover, through Calmar, in August 1865, by which time the village contained more than 200 buildings, including over 32 saloons and as many produce markets.

The flat house, a type of warehouse that preceded country elevators, was at the end of the McGregor & Western Railroad line.

In the same year, the Conover terminal was transferred to Calmar, including the railroad depot, freight house, and side tracks.