Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1835 (declared in 1834)
Parent county: Brown

Namesake: The Milwaukee River
Seat: Milwaukee (1835–)

Land area: 241 square miles

Population (2020): 939,489

Population (historic): 31,077 (1850); 89,930 (1870); 236,101 (1890); 433,187 (1910); 725,263 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1970; 2000s

Subdivisions: Ten cities; nine villages

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 124,360 (29.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,257
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,674
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,574
Average farm size (1920): 35.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Ireland, New York, England, and Pennsylvania
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Milwaukee

Namesake: The Milwaukee River

Founding: 1835 (platting as Juneautown and Kilbourntown); 1835 (post office); 1846 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 577,222

Population (historic): 1,700 (1840); 45,246 (1860); 115,587 (1880); 285,315 (1900); 578,249 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1835–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 95,525 (36.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. George Pilgrim House (c. 1860). 12025 West Mill Road. Granville. Italianate.
2. Samuel Luscombe House (c. 1855). 7709 West Lisbon Avenue. Wauwatosa. Italianate.

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