Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1856 Parent county: Chippewa Namesake: The Eau Claire River Seat: Eau Claire (1856–) Land area: 638 square miles Population (2020): 105,710 Population (historic): 3,162 (1860); 19,993 (1880); 31,692 (1900); 41,087 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2020 Subdivisions: Three cities; two villages; one CDP; 13 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,485 (14.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.9% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,619 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,794 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,368 Average farm size (1920): 82.1 acres Sources of settlement: New York, Norway, Germany, and Canada __________________________________________________________________...