Dodge County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1844 (declared in 1835)
Parent counties: Brown and Milwaukee
Namesake: Henry Dodge, Wisconsin governor
Seat: Juneau (1846–)
Land area: 876 square miles
Population (2020): 89,396
Population (historic): 19,138 (1850); 47,035 (1870); 44,984 (1890); 47,436 (1910); 52,092 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1840–1870; 1890–2020
Subdivisions: Seven cities; 11 villages; three CDPs; 24 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,154 (29.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 79%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,863
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,589

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 4,633
Average farm size (1920): 80.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, New York, and Ireland
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Juneau

 
Namesake: Solomon Juneau, founder of Milwaukee
Founding: 1845 (platting as Victory); 1849 (post office); 1865 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,658
Population (historic): 300 (1870); 701 (1890); 1,003 (1910); 1,154 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1920; 1930–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 341 (38.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Ferdinand Hartwig House (1864). 908 Country Lane. Emmet. Italianate.
2. Frederick Kliese House-Barn (1850). 366 Road EM. Emmet.
3. DeWitt Williams Farm (c. 1875). 11297 State Route 33. Fox Lake. Italianate.
4. Immanuel Lutheran Church (1899). 638 Church Road. Herman. Gothic Revival.
5. John Zirbel Farm (1868/1878). 1328 State Route 33. Herman.
6. William Haack Farm (1867). 3372 Road R. Hubbard. Razed.
7. Ferdinand Schulze House (1871–1873). 4262 Daley Road. Hustisford.
8. Herman Zastrow House (1862). 1727 Poplar Grove Road. Lebanon.
9. Immanuel Lutheran Church (1925). 554 Road R. Lebanon. Gothic Revival.
10. Conrad Hauser Farm (c. 1875). 1234 Road NP. Rubicon. Italianate.
11. Ludwig Borchardt Farm (1865). 7604 Fern Road. Theresa.
12. Henry Krueger Farm (c. 1870). 2369 Zion Church Road. Theresa.

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