Calumet County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1850 (declared in 1836)
Parent county: Brown

Namesake: A French word describing a Menominee ceremonial pipe
Seat: Stockbridge (1850–1853); Chilton (1853–)

Land area: 318 square miles

Population (2020): 52,442

Population (historic): 1,743 (1850); 12,335 (1870); 16,639 (1890); 16,701 (1910); 16,848 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1840–1900; 1910s; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; four villages; one CDP; nine towns

National Register listings: 10

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,328 (16.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 70.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,748
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,352
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,087
Average farm size (1920): 69.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany and New York
_________________________________________________________________________________

Chilton

Namesake: Uncertain

Founding: circa 1845 (founding as Stantonville); 1854 (post office)

Population (2020): 4,080

Population (historic): 363 (1870); 1,424 (1890); 1,630 (1910); 1,945 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1970; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 521 (28.6%)
_________________________________________________________________________________



View and filter the data. Or see a larger map.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

1. *Rural German Methodist Church (c. 1890). 908 Rusch Road. Brillion. Gothic Revival.
2. *Gottlieb Stenelle House (c. 1870). 2020 Schmidt Road. Brillion. Italianate.
3. *St. Martin Catholic Church (1875). County Road T, east of Church Road. Charlestown. Gothic Revival.
4. *August Paulsen Farm (1872). 1045 Fur Farm Road. New Holstein. Second Empire.