Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1844 (declared in 1836)
Parent county: Brown
Namesake: The city of Fond du Lac
Seat: Fond du Lac (1844–)
Land area: 720 square miles
Population (2020): 104,154
Population (historic): 14,510 (1850); 46,273 (1870); 44,088 (1890); 51,610 (1910); 59,883 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1840–1880; 1890–2020
Subdivisions: Two cities; nine villages; three CDPs; 21 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,958 (23.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,597
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,099

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 4,190
Average farm size (1920): 76.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, New York, Ireland, Canada, and Holland
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Fond du Lac

 
Namesake: A reference to the city's location at the south end of Lake Winnebago
Founding: 1836 (platting); 1837 (post office); 1847 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 44,678
Population (historic): 5,460 (1860); 13,094 (1880); 15,110 (1900); 26,449 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1880; 1890–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,406 (27.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Zion Congregational Church (1858). 4042 Amity Road. Alto. Greek Revival.
2. St. John Lutheran Church (1870). 683 Road S. Auburn. Gothic Revival.
3. Uriah Stroup Farm (c. 1870). 6119 Lost Arrow Road. Byron. Italianate.
4. St. Mary Catholic Church (1880). 10232 Road G. Calumet. Romanesque.
5. St. Mary School (1918). 10232 Road G. Calumet. English Gothic.
6. Elihu Phillips House (c. 1855). 6579 Road K. Empire. Gothic Revival.
7. John Macy House (c. 1855). 5610 US Highway 45. Empire. Italianate.
8. John Martin House (c. 1850). 745 Martin Avenue. Fond du Lac. Greek Revival.
9. Edwin Galloway House (1868–1880). 336 Old Pioneer Road. Fond du Lac. Italianate.
10. James Wright Farm (c. 1860). 4999 Road T. Fond du Lac. Gothic Revival.
11. Henry Hitt House (c. 1875). 360 Oak Street. Oakfield. Italianate.
12. Alexander Beardsley Farm (c. 1855). 12383 State Route 23. Ripon. Italianate.
13. Solomon Wedge Farm (c. 1855). 4547 Brown Road. Waupun.

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