Richland County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1850 (declared in 1842)
Parent counties: Crawford and Sauk

Namesake: A descriptive name
Seat: Richland Center (1852–)

Land area: 586 square miles

Population (2020): 17,304

Population (historic): 903 (1850); 15,731 (1870); 19,483 (1900); 19,525 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1850–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One city; five villages; two CDPs; 16 towns

National Register listings: 15

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,824 (31.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,591
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,901
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,533
Average farm size (1920): 73.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Indiana, New York, Germany, Pennsylvania, Norway, and Ireland
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Richland Center

Namesake: The city's central location within Richland County

Founding: 1851 (platting); 1854 (post office)

Population (2020): 5,114

Population (historic): 1,227 (1880); 2,321 (1900); 3,632 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1970; 1980–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 803 (32.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Brown Church (1875). 29864 Brown Church Road. Buena Vista. Gothic Revival.
2. *St. Killian Catholic Church (1884). 33392 St. Killian's Road. Buena Vista. Gothic Revival.
3. *Walter Davis Farm (c. 1880). 30315 State Route 130. Buena Vista. Italianate.
4. *Curtis Brace Farm (c. 1880). 31709 State Route 130. Buena Vista. Italianate.
5. *Willis Briggs Farm (c. 1895). 31394 Road E. Eagle. Queen Anne.
6. *Henry Fiedler House (c. 1860). 34091 Putnam Street. Orion.
7. *Frank Lunenschloss Farm (c. 1895). 25994 Arnell Drive. Richland. Queen Anne.
8. *Robert Jewell House (1898). 26775 Jelland Road. Richland. Romanesque/Italianate.
9. *Henry Unbehaum House (1901). 1901 US Highway 14. Richland. Romanesque/Classical Revival.
10. *John Coumbe Farm (1861). 14640 State Route 60. Richwood.