Waushara County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1852 (declared in 1851)
Parent county: Marquette
Namesake: A Winnebago word meaning "good earth" or "good land"
Seat: Sacramento (1852–1854); Wautoma (1854–)
Land area: 626 square miles
Population (2020): 24,520
Population (historic): 8,770 (1860); 12,687 (1880); 15,972 (1900); 14,427 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1960–2020
Subdivisions: One city; six villages; three CDPs; 18 towns
National Register listings: Three
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,664 (17.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,488
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,598

Housing in poor condition (1940): 21.7%
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,468
Average farm size (1920): 94.7 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Germany, Denmark, and England
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Wautoma

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1850 (platting); 1850 (post office)
Population (2020): 2,209
Population (historic): 295 (1880); 964 (1910); 1,044 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 260 (24.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Eli Daniels Farm (c. 1860). 1967 State Route 49. Aurora. Italianate.

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