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Clark County, Wisconsin

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Founding:  1854 (declared in 1853) Parent county:  Jackson Name origin :  George Rogers Clark, Virginia militia officer Seat:  Neillsville (1855–) Land area:  1,210 square miles Population (2020):  34,659 Population (historic):  789 (1860); 10,715 (1880); 25,848 (1900); 34,165 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1920; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions:  Seven cities; four villages; two CDPs; 33 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  4,150 (27.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  57.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  7.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,651 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $2,033 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  5,116 Average farm size (1920):  38.3 acres Sources of settlement:  Germany, New York, Illinois, Norway, Canada...