Washington County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1845 (declared in 1836)
Parent counties: Brown and Milwaukee
Namesake: George Washington, U.S. president
Seat: Port Washington (1845–1853); West Bend (1853–)
Land area: 431 square miles
Population (2020): 136,761
Population (historic): 19,485 (1850); 23,919 (1870); 23,589 (1900); 26,551 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1840–1870; 1890–2020
Subdivisions: Two cities; six villages; one CDP; 12 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,231 (10.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 80.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,732
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,637

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,799
Average farm size (1920): 62.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Ireland, and New York
_________________________________________________________________________________
 

West Bend

 
Namesake: A reference to a bend in the Milwaukee River
Founding: 1845 (founding); 1848 (incorporation); 1885 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 31,752
Population (historic): 1,058 (1870); 1,296 (1890); 2,462 (1910); 4,760 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,752 (12.2%)
_________________________________________________________________________________

View and filter the data. Or see a map.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

1. St. John Catholic Church (1891). 1488 Highland Road. Farmington. Gothic Revival.
2. St. Peter Catholic Church (1861). 1010 Newark Road. Farmington.
3. Saxonia House (1855). 421 Road H. Farmington.
4. Louis Schulze Farm (1875). 7854 Trading Post Road. Farmington. Italianate.
5. Jacob Schunk House (1858/1870s). 15446 Donges Bay Road. Germantown. Greek Revival.
6. Gottlieb Rusch House (c. 1845). 3030 Church Road. Jackson. Razed.
7. Michael Spaeth House (1866). 4720 Road P. Jackson. Greek Revival.
8. Gottlieb Krause House (c. 1848). 2030 Spring Valley Road. Jackson.
9. Otto Backhaus House (1895). 9376 Old Fond du Lac Road. Kewaskum. Queen Anne.

_________________________________________________________________________________