Grant County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1837
Parent county: Iowa

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps the Grant River
Seat: Lancaster (1837–)

Land area: 1,147 square miles

Population (2020): 51,938

Population (historic): 3,926 (1840); 31,189 (1860); 37,852 (1880); 38,881 (1900); 38,469 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1870; 1890–1920; 1930–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities; 14 villages; three CDPs; 32 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,520 (25.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,759
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,364
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,022
Average farm size (1920): 96.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, England, New York, Ireland, Ohio, Illinois, and Norway
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Lancaster

Namesake: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1837 (platting); 1837 (post office); 1856 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,907

Population (historic): 1,069 (1880); 2,403 (1900); 2,432 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910s; 1930–1990; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 608 (34.2%)
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