Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1855 (declared in 1854)
Parent counties: Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, and La Crosse
Namesake: The Trempealeau River
Seat: Galesville (1855–1876); Arcadia (1876–1877); Whitehall (1877–)
Land area: 733 square miles
Population (2020): 30,760
Population (historic): 2,560 (1860); 17,189 (1880); 23,114 (1900); 23,910 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2020
Subdivisions: Six cities; five villages; one CDP; 15 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,003 (22.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 59.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,737
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,042
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,138
Average farm size (1920): 86.1 acres

Sources of settlement: Norway, Germany, New York, Poland, Minnesota, and Sweden
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Whitehall

 
Namesake: A traditional name
Founding: 1860 (platting); 1861 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,645
Population (historic): 267 (1880); 600 (1900); 915 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1980; 1990s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 125 (16.5%)

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