Iron County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1893
Parent counties: Ashland and Oneida

Namesake: Iron deposits within the county
Seat: Hurley (1893–)

Land area: 758 square miles

Population (2020): 6,137

Population (historic): 6,616 (1900); 8,306 (1910); 10,261 (1920); 9,933 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s

Subdivisions: Two cities; four CDPs; ten towns

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,071 (17.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $921
Average outbuilding value (1930): $715
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 381
Average farm size (1920): 26.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Sweden, Finland, Michigan, and Italy
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Hurley

Namesake: M.A. Hurley, Wisconsin attorney

Founding: 1884 (platting); 1884 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,558

Population (historic): 3,188 (1920); 3,264 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1940; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 359 (33.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Hodek Log House (1897). 13881 Carlson Road. Gurney. Razed.