Oneida County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1887
Parent county: Lincoln
Namesake: The Oneida people
Seat: Rhinelander (1887–)
Land area: 1,113 square miles
Population (2020): 37,845
Population (historic): 5,010 (1890); 11,433 (1910); 15,899 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–2000; 2010s
Subdivisions: One city; four CDPs; 20 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,515 (8.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,306
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,273

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 724
Average farm size (1920): 38.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Germany, Michigan, Canada, Sweden, Norway, and Russia
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Rhinelander

 
Namesake: Frederic Rhinelander, railroad president
Founding: 1880 (platting as Pelican Rapids); 1882 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 8,285
Population (historic): 2,658 (1890); 5,637 (1910); 8,019 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1960; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,031 (24%)
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