Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1885 (declared in 1883)
Parent counties: Ashland and Chippewa
Namesake: Philetus Sawyer, Wisconsin senator
Seat: Hayward (1885–)
Land area: 1,257 square miles
Population (2020): 18,074
Population (historic): 1,977 (1890); 6,227 (1910); 8,878 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1940; 1960–2020
Subdivisions: One city; four villages; five CDPs; 16 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,307 (8.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $807
Average outbuilding value (1930): $809

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 823
Average farm size (1920): 24.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Norway, Minnesota, Canada, Sweden, and Germany
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Hayward

 
Namesake: Anthony Hayward, local sawmill owner
Founding: 1881 (post office); 1883 (platting); 1915 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,533
Population (historic): 1,349 (1890); 1,302 (1920); 1,207 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1930s; 1970–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 209 (16.3%)
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