Price County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1882 (declared in 1879)
Parent counties: Chippewa and Lincoln

Namesake: William Price, Wisconsin politician
Seat: Phillips (1882–)

Land area: 1,254 square miles

Population (2020): 14,054

Population (historic): 5,258 (1890); 13,795 (1910); 17,284 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; three villages; one CDP; 17 towns

National Register listings: 14

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,055 (18.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $907
Average outbuilding value (1930): $869
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,935
Average farm size (1920): 20.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Sweden, Germany, Finland, and Poland
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Phillips

Namesake: Elijah Phillips, railroad official

Founding: 1876 (platting); 1876 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,533

Population (historic): 1,820 (1900); 1,948 (1910); 1,973 (1920); 1,901 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1920; 1930s; 1970–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 311 (34.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Pershing–Brantwood School (1912). 4907 County Road D. Knox.