Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1835 (declared in 1834) Parent county: Brown Namesake: The Milwaukee River Seat: Milwaukee (1835–) Land area: 241 square miles Population (2020): 939,489 Population (historic): 31,077 (1850); 89,930 (1870); 236,101 (1890); 433,187 (1910); 725,263 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1970; 2000s Subdivisions: Ten cities; nine villages Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 124,360 (29.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,257 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,674 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,574 Average farm size (1920): 35.1 acres Sources of settlement: Germany, Ireland, New York, England, and Pennsylvania _________________________________________________________________________________ Milwaukee Namesa...