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

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
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Chilton

Namesake: Uncertain

Founding: circa 1845 (founding as Stantonville); 1854 (post office); 1877 (incorporation)

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%)
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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.

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