Marquette County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1848 (declared in 1836)
Parent county: Brown
Namesake: Jacques Marquette, French missionary
Seat: Marquette (1848–1858); Montello (1858–)
Land area: 456 square miles
Population (2020): 15,592
Population (historic): 8,641 (1850); 8,056 (1870); 8,908 (1890); 10,741 (1910); 9,388 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1840s; 1870–1910; 1960–2000; 2010s
Subdivisions: One city; four villages; one CDP; 14 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,790 (17.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,333
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,424

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,432
Average farm size (1920): 93.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, New York, and Ireland
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Montello

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1849 (founding); 1850 (post office); 1868 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,448
Population (historic): 394 (1880); 1,104 (1910); 1,245 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1930; 1960–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 248 (28.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. John McReath Farm (c. 1875). 1940 Road F. Buffalo. Italianate.
2. Christoph Zuelke Farm (c. 1860). 8529 11th Road. Newton.
3. John Johnson House (c. 1875). 7880 Road D. Oxford. Italianate. Razed.

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