Ashland County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1860

Parent county: Bayfield

Namesake: Ashland, Henry Clay's estate
Seat: La Pointe (1860s–1873); Ashland (1860s, 1873–)

Land area: 1,045 square miles

Population (2020): 16,027

Population (historic): 515 (1860); 1,559 (1880); 20,176 (1900); 21,054 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1920; 1930s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; one village; eight CDPs; 13 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,608 (27%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $996
Average outbuilding value (1930): $973
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,131
Average farm size (1920): 32 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Canada, Michigan, Sweden, and Norway

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Ashland

Namesake: Ashland, Henry Clay's estate

Founding: 1856 (platting); 1860 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,908

Population (historic): 9,956 (1890); 11,593 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1900; 1930s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,505 (39.7%)

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