Pierce County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1853
Parent county: St. Croix
Namesake: Franklin Pierce, U.S. president
Seat: Ellsworth (1861–)
Land area: 574 square miles
Population (2020): 42,212
Population (historic): 4,672 (1860); 17,744 (1880); 23,943 (1900); 21,043 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1950–2020
Subdivisions: Two cities; five villages; two CDPs; 17 towns
National Register listings: Nine
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,216 (19.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,690
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,991

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,105
Average farm size (1920): 67.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Norway, New York, Germany, Sweden, and Minnesota
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Ellsworth

 
Namesake: Elmer Ellsworth, U.S. army officer
Founding: 1861 (post office); 1862 (platting); 1887 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,348
Population (historic): 432 (1880); 1,052 (1900); 1,124 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 284 (19.3%)
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