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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Breit Log House (1913). Blemel Road, east of York Road. Jacobs. Razed.
2. Log House (c. 1900). 2399 Hagen Road. La Pointe. Razed.
3. St. Mary Catholic Church (1899). Old Odanah Road and State Street. Sanborn. Gothic Revival.
4. Log House. Sopina Road, east of State Route 112. White River. Razed.

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