Goodhue County, Minnesota

Founding: 1853
Parent county: Wabasha

Namesake: James Goodhue, Minnesota newspaper publisher
Seat: Red Wing (1853–)

Land area: 757 square miles

Population (2020): 47,582

Population (historic): 8,977 (1860); 29,651 (1880); 31,137 (1900); 31,317 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1880; 1890s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Nine cities; one CDP; 21 townships

National Register listings: 69

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,533 (26.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 64.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,123
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,507
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,128
Average farm size (1920): 111.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Norway, Sweden, Germany, New York, and Wisconsin
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Red Wing

Namesake: Red Wing, Dakota Sioux chief

Founding: 1850 (platting); 1850 (post office); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 16,547

Population (historic): 1,250 (1860); 5,876 (1880); 7,525 (1900); 9,629 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1880; 1890–1910; 1920s; 1970–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,100 (27.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Frederick Wallauer Farm (1882). 2602 State Route 58. Hay Creek. Italianate.
2. Knut Bakke Farm (c. 1875). 44819 State Route 56. Holden.
3. Regnold Johnson Farm (c. 1875). 37679 County Road 1. Leon. Italianate.
4. Andrew Merseth House (c. 1895). 10 Jefferson Avenue. Minneola. Queen Anne.
5. *Tower View / Alexander Anderson Farm (1916). 163 Tower View Drive. Red Wing. Classical Revival.
6. Gunder Halvorson Farm (c. 1885). 13399 County Road 12. Roscoe. Italianate.