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

National Register listings: Two

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.