Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Founding: 1846
Parent county: Milwaukee
Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a Pottawatomi word describing the Fox River
Seat: Waukesha (1846–)
Land area: 550 square miles
Population (2020): 406,978
Population (historic): 19,258 (1850); 28,274 (1870); 33,270 (1890); 37,100 (1910); 52,358 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–2020
Subdivisions: Seven cities; 22 villages; two CDPs; eight towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,911 (6.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,178
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,338

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,406
Average farm size (1920): 66.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, New York, England, Wales, and Ireland
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Waukesha

 
Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a Pottawatomi word describing the Fox River
Founding: circa 1835 (founding as Prairieville); 1842 (post office); 1846 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 71,158
Population (historic): 1,456 (1860); 2,969 (1880); 7,419 (1900); 17,176 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,086 (10%)
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