Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1848 (declared in 1840)
Parent counties: Brown, Calumet, and Fond du Lac
Namesake: The Winnebago people
Seat: Oshkosh (1848–)
Land area: 434 square miles
Population (2020): 171,730
Population (historic): 10,167 (1850); 37,279 (1870); 50,097 (1890); 62,116 (1910); 76,622 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1840–2020
Subdivisions: Four cities; two villages; four CDPs; 15 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,976 (19.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 64.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,244
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,744

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,711
Average farm size (1920): 68.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, New York, Ireland, Norway, and Denmark
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Oshkosh

 
Namesake: Oshkosh, Menominee chief
Founding: 1840 (platting); 1840 (post office); 1853 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 66,816
Population (historic): 6,086 (1860); 15,748 (1880); 28,284 (1900); 40,108 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1930; 1940–1970; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,264 (28%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Daniel Fitzgerald Farm (1873). 4760 State Route 91. Algoma. Italianate.
2. William McKenzie House (c. 1885). 2175 Witzel Avenue. Algoma. Eastlake. Razed.
3. Gorham Vining House (1848). 1590 Oak Ridge Road. Neenah. Greek Revival.
4. Sampson Challoner Farm (c. 1865). 3880 2nd Street Road. Omro. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
5. King–Cole House and Watch Tower (c. 1870/1935). 7631 State Route 21. Omro. Italianate.
6. Argalus and Augustus Foote Farm (c. 1865). 8482 Road K. Rushford. Italianate.
7. Henry Ellis Farm (c. 1875). 9470 Eureka Lock Road. Rushford. Italianate.
8. William Hunter Farm (c. 1870). 953 Road M. Utica. Italianate. Razed.

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