Iowa County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1830
Parent county: Crawford
Namesake: The Iowa people
Seat: Mineral Point (1830–)
Land area: 763 square miles
Population (2020): 23,709
Population (historic): 3,978 (1840); 18,967 (1860); 23,628 (1880); 23,114 (1900); 20,039 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1870; 1890s; 1930s; 1950s; 1970–2020
Subdivisions: Two cities; nine villages; one CDP; 14 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,915 (26.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 64%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,051
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,677

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,527
Average farm size (1920): 100.7 acres
Sources of settlement: England, Ireland, Wales, Norway, Germany, and New York
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Dodgeville

 
Namesake: Henry Dodge, Wisconsin politician
Founding: 1827 (founding); 1831 (post office); 1840 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 4,984
Population (historic): 1,222 (1860); 1,547 (1880); 1,865 (1900); 1,937 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 277 (12.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. William Brisbane House (1868). Reimann Road, south of US Highway 14. Arena.
2. Evan Evans House (1877). 4104 Ihm–Harris Road. Brigham. Italianate.
3. Evan Jones House (1882). 2980 Road K. Brigham. Italianate.
4. William Jones Farm (1878). 3120 Road K. Brigham. Italianate.
5. John Theobald Farm (c. 1890). 2725 Road T. Brigham. Eastlake.
6. Hocking House (1878). 1121 Professional Drive. Dodgeville. Italianate.
7. Carmel Church (1884). 240 Sand Hill Road. Mifflin. Gothic Revival.
8. James Spensley Farm (c. 1855). 1126 Road QQ. Mineral Point. Italianate.
9. George Frank Farm (c. 1860). 307 State Route 80. Pulaski. Greek Revival. Razed.
10. John Little Farm (c. 1859). 6618 State Route 39. Waldwick. Italianate.

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