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

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); 1868 (incorporation)

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). 1892 Risch Valley Road. Alma.
2. Fetting Farm (c. 1870). 2617 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). 3075 State Route 95. Cross. Italianate.
5. Severson Farm (c. 1880). Road F, south of Road D. Modena. Italianate. Altered beyond recognition.
6. Thrond Sveen Log House (1864). Road KK, east of Serum Road. Modena.
7. Conrad Christ Farm (c. 1860). 484 Road C. Montana.

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