Pepin County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1858
Parent county: Dunn

Namesake: Lake Pepin
Seat: Durand (1858–)

Land area: 232 square miles

Population (2020): 7,318

Population (historic): 2,392 (1860); 6,226 (1880); 7,905 (1900); 7,450 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; two villages; one CDP; eight towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 878 (24.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,566
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,693
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,034
Average farm size (1920): 73.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Sweden, New York, Germany, Pennsylvania, and Austria
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Durand

Namesake: Miles Durand Prindle, an early resident

Founding: 1856 (platting); 1858 (post office); 1871 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,854

Population (historic): 642 (1880); 1,458 (1900); 1,590 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1930s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 175 (19.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Everett Hakes House (c. 1865). Road H, west of Road J. Albany. Razed.
2. Dorwin's Mill (1883). Dorwin's Mill Road, north of US Highway 10. Durand. Razed.
3. Frederick Abledinger Farm (c. 1895). 5643 US Highway 10. Durand. Eastlake.
4. Sabylund Lutheran Church (c. 1895). 11137 Road J. Pepin. Gothic Revival.
5. Jacob Peterson Farm (1868). 11976 State Route 35. Stockholm.

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