Clark County, Wisconsin

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, Minnesota, and Poland
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Neillsville

 
Name origin: James O'Neill, local sawmill owner
Founding: 1855 (platting); 1856 (post office); 1882 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,384
Population (historic): 1,050 (1880); 2,104 (1900); 2,118 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910s; 1930–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 348 (33.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Kurth House (c. 1880). 3696 Pray Road. Grant. Italianate.
2. Charles Foote House (c. 1878/1900). 5055 US Highway 10. Pine Valley. Italianate/Eastlake.
3. Albert Raether House (c. 1885). 5265 US Highway 10. Pine Valley.
4. St. Hedwig Catholic Church (1906). 14945 Gorman Road. Withee. Gothic Revival.

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