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

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); 1866 (incorporation)

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.

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