Pepin County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1858 Parent county: Dunn Namesake: Lake Pepin Seat: Durand (1858–) Land area: 232 square miles Population (2020): 7,318 Population (historic): 2,392 (1860); 6,226 (1880); 7,905 (1900); 7,450 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: One city; two villages; one CDP; eight towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 878 (24.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.3% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,566 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,693 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,034 Average farm size (1920): 73.2 acres Sources of settlement: Sweden, New York, Germany, Pennsylvania, and Austria _________________________________________________________________________________ Durand ...