Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1854 (declared in 1853)
Parent county: La Crosse

Namesake: The Buffalo River
Seat: Alma (1855–)

Land area: 672 square miles

Population (2020): 13,317

Population (historic): 3,864 (1860); 15,528 (1880); 16,765 (1900); 15,330 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Four cities; two villages; two CDPs; 17 towns

National Register listings: 13

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,085 (31%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,537
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,176
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,089
Average farm size (1920): 96.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, and New York
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Alma

Namesake: Likely the Battle of Alma (1854), part of the Crimean War

Founding: 1855 (platting); 1856 (post office)

Population (2020): 716

Population (historic): 565 (1870); 1,428 (1890); 1,011 (1910); 1,009 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1855–1890; 1920–1940; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 193 (40.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *John Risch Farm (1874). S1892 Risch Valley Road. Alma.
2. *Fetting Farm (c. 1870). S2617 Prairie Moon Road. Belvidere.
3. *Melchior Schwy Log House (1877). Seifert Hill Lane, east of Great River Road. Belvidere. Razed.
4. *John Frie Farm (c. 1875). S3075 State Route 95. Cross. Italianate.
5. *Severson Farm (c. 1880). County Road F, south of County Road D. Modena. Italianate. Altered beyond recognition.
6. *Thrond Sveen Log House (1864). County Road KK, east of Serum Road. Modena.
7. *Conrad Christ Farm (c. 1860). W484 County Road C. Montana.