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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