Sauk County, Wisconsin


Founding: 1844 (declared in 1840)
Parent counties: Crawford, Dane, and Portage
Namesake: The Sauk people
Seat: Baraboo (1846–)
Land area: 831 square miles
Population (2020): 65,763
Population (historic): 4,371 (1850); 23,860 (1870); 30,575 (1890); 32,869 (1910); 32,030 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1840–1900; 1930–1950; 1960–2020
Subdivisions: Three cities; 13 villages; one CDP; 22 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,550 (24.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.8%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,975
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,549
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,697
Average farm size (1920): 75.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, New York, Switzerland, Ohio, Ireland, and England
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Baraboo
 
Namesake: The Baraboo River
Founding: 1839 (founding as Adams); 1847 (post office); 1866 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 12,556
Population (historic): 255 (1850); 1,528 (1870); 4,605 (1890); 6,324 (1910); 5,545 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,717 (28.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Albert Tuttle House (1869). 4456 Elizabeth Street. Baraboo. Gothic Revival.
  2. James Ashley House (c. 1865). 3962 US Highway 12. Baraboo. Gothic Revival. Razed.
  3. Dorr Johnson Farm (c. 1880). 2870 Road B. Bear Creek. Italianate. Razed.
  4. Dawn Manor / Abraham Vanderpoel House (1855). 469 Road A. Delton. Gothic Revival.
  5. Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church (1880). Road C, east of Pine Hollow Road. Honey Creek. Gothic Revival.
  6. John Evans Farm (c. 1915). 11401 Road G. Spring Green. Prairie.
  7. Solomon Waterbury House (c. 1855). 8467 Old Bluff Trail. Sumpter. Greek Revival.
  8. Bethlehem Evangelical Church (1901/1949). 10174 Road C. Troy. Gothic Revival.
  9. William Fieldman Farm (1890). 686 Penshorn Road. Woodland. Queen Anne.
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