Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1848 (declared in 1836)
Parent county: Brown
Namesake: The Manitowoc River
Seat: Manitowoc (1848–)
Land area: 589 square miles
Population (2020): 81,359
Population (historic): 3,702 (1850); 33,364 (1870); 37,831 (1890); 44,978 (1910); 58,674 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1840–1980; 1990s
Subdivisions: Three cities; nine villages; one CDP; 18 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,610 (31%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 70.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,563
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,011

Housing in poor condition (1940): 16.3%
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,904
Average farm size (1920): 64.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Ireland
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Manitowoc

 
Namesake: The Manitowoc River
Founding: 1836 (platting); 1837 (post office); 1851 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 34,626
Population (historic): 3,059 (1860); 6,367 (1880); 11,786 (1900); 22,963 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1970; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,097 (31.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. John Lutze House-Barn (1850). 13634 South Union Road. Centerville.
2. Mirabel Caves Hotel Ruins (1900). 15805 County Road R. Cooperstown. Romanesque.
3. Trinity Lutheran Church (1910). 11303 Wehausen Road. Liberty. Gothic Revival.
4. Charles Klingholz House (1868). 224 Mill Road. Manitowoc Rapids. Italianate.
5. Bass Lake Farm / Albert Weyer Farm (c. 1885). 4906 Gass Lake Road. Newton. Second Empire.

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