Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1853 Parent county: Washington Namesake: The Ojibwe word for the Sauk people Seat: Port Washington (1853–) Land area: 233 square miles Population (2020): 91,503 Population (historic): 15,682 (1860); 15,461 (1880); 16,363 (1900); 17,394 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1890–1910; 1920–2020 Subdivisions: Three cities; five villages; one CDP; six towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,367 (11.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 79.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,732 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,637 Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,727 Average farm size (1920): 62.4 acres Sources of settlement: Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, and New York _________________________________________________________________________________ Port Wash...