Florence County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1882
Parent counties: Marinette and Oconto

Namesake: The community of Florence
Seat: Florence (1882–)

Land area: 488 square miles

Population (2020): 4,558

Population (historic): 2,604 (1890); 3,381 (1910); 3,768 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1940; 1970–2000; 2010s

Subdivisions: Two CDPs; eight towns

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 648 (13.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,232
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,053
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 349
Average farm size (1920): 50.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Sweden, and Michigan
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Florence

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps Florence, Italy

Founding: 1880 (post office)

Population (2020): 641

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 142 (36.5%)
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