Forest County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1885
Parent counties: Langlade and Oconto

Namesake: Forests within the county
Seat: Crandon (1885–)

Land area: 1,014 square miles

Population (2020): 9,179

Population (historic): 1,012 (1890); 1,396 (1900); 6,782 (1910); 9,850 (1920); 11,118 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1940; 1960–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; five CDPs; 14 towns

National Register listings: 10

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,336 (14.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $908
Average outbuilding value (1930): $993
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 535
Average farm size (1920): 31.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Michigan, Germany, and Russia
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Crandon

Namesake: Frank Crandon, Wisconsin tax commissioner

Founding: 1885 (post office); 1887 (platting); 1909 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,713

Population (historic): 1,833 (1910); 1,632 (1920); 1,679 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910; 1920–1940; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 353 (34.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Wilhelm Dinesen Log House (c. 1870/1905). 3125 State Route 55. Nashville.