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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