Taylor County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1875
Parent counties: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, and Marathon
Namesake: William Taylor, Wisconsin governor
Seat: Medford (1875–)
Land area: 975 square miles
Population (2020): 19,913
Population (historic): 2,311 (1880); 11,262 (1900); 17,685 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930s; 1970–2010
Subdivisions: One city; four villages; four CDPs; 22 towns
National Register listings: Eight
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,737 (18.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,146
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,304

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,260
Average farm size (1920): 23 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Wisconsin, Austria, Illinois, Russia, Poland, and Sweden
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Medford

 
Namesake: Medford, Massachusetts
Founding: 1874 (post office); 1875 (platting); 1889 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 4,349
Population (historic): 504 (1880); 1,758 (1900); 1,918 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1875–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 314 (15.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Joseph Ruprich Farm (1903). 35 Hemlock Road. Little Black.
2. *Richard Michaelis House (c. 1900). 1147 South 8th Street. Medford. Queen Anne.