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
National Register listings: 39
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. *Friedrich 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. *Wilhelm 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.