Bayfield County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1850 (declared in 1845) Parent county: St. Croix Namesake: Henry Bayfield, British naval officer Seat: La Pointe (1850–1858); Bayfield (1858–1892); Washburn (1892–) Land area: 1,478 square miles Population (2020): 16,220 Population (historic): 489 (1850); 344 (1870); 7,390 (1890); 15,987 (1910); 15,006 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1870–1920; 1930s; 1970–2020 Subdivisions: Two cities; one village; seven CDPs; 25 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,956 (14.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $903 Average outbuilding value (1930): $825 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,791 Average farm size (1920): 28.1 acres Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Nor...