Washburn County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1883
Parent county: Burnett
Namesake: Cadwallader Washburn, Wisconsin governor
Seat: Shell Lake (1883–)
Land area: 797 square miles
Population (historic): 2,926 (1890); 5,521 (1900); 8,196 (1910); 11,377 (1920)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.3%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,128Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,129
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,380
Average farm size (1920): 41.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Germany, Sweden, and Norway
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Namesake: Shell Lake
Founding: 1880 (post office); 1961 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,371
Population (historic): 902 (1910); 920 (1920); 826 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1920; 1930–1960; 1970–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 103 (10.9%)
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Average farm size (1920): 41.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Germany, Sweden, and Norway
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Shell Lake
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 103 (10.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings
- Polson House (1917). 1900 Trail's End Road. Spooner. Prairie.
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