Crawford County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1818
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: William Crawford, Georgia politician
Seat: Prairie du Chien (1818–)

Land area: 571 square miles

Population (2020): 16,113

Population (historic): 1,502 (1840); 8,068 (1860); 15,644 (1880); 17,286 (1900); 16,781 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1910–1940; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; nine villages; 11 towns

National Register listings: 28

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,118 (23.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,547
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,807
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,911
Average farm size (1920): 77.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Norway, Germany, New York, Ireland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Austria, and Czechoslovakia
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Prairie du Chien

Namesake: A French phrase meaning "dog prairie"

Founding: 1780s (founding); 1823 (post office)

Population (2020): 5,506

Population (historic): 2,398 (1860); 2,777 (1880); 3,232 (1900); 3,943 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910–1960; 1970s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 713 (26.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church (1916–1918). 28075 State Route 27. Eastman. Gothic Revival.
2. *Francois Vertefeuille Log House (c. 1815/1825). County Road K, south of Limery Road. Prairie du Chien.