Juneau County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1857
Parent county: Adams

Namesake: Solomon Juneau, French–Canadian fur trader
Seat: New Lisbon (1857–1859); Mauston (1859–)

Land area: 767 square miles

Population (2020): 26,718

Population (historic): 8,770 (1860); 15,582 (1880); 20,629 (1900); 17,264 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930–1950; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; six villages; 19 towns

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,797 (18.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,422
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,505
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,479
Average farm size (1920): 69 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, New York, Ireland, Germany, and Norway
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Mauston

Namesake: Milton Maughs, owner of the city site

Founding: 1854 (post office); 1856 (platting)

Population (2020): 4,347

Population (historic): 952 (1870); 1,343 (1890); 1,701 (1910); 2,107 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1910–1960; 1980–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 495 (25.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Henry Bierbauer House (1869). 970 South Monroe Street. Lisbon. Italianate.