Adams County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1853 (declared in 1848)
Parent county: Portage

Namesake: John Quincy Adams, U.S. president
Seat: Quincy (1853–1859); Friendship (1859–)

Land area: 646 square miles

Population (2020): 20,654

Population (historic): 187 (1850); 6,601 (1870); 6,889 (1890); 8,604 (1910); 8,003 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1850–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: One city; one village; six CDPs; 17 towns

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,025 (5.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,116
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,124
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,557
Average farm size (1920): 95.1 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Norway, Germany, Ireland, England, and Denmark
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Friendship

Namesake: Friendship, Allegany County, New York

Founding: 1855 (platting); 1855 (post office)

Population (2020): 648

Population (historic): 76 (1870); 156 (1890); 276 (1910); 438 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1920; 1930–1950; 1960–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 29 (9.4%)
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