Pierce County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1853 Parent county: St. Croix Namesake: Franklin Pierce, U.S. president Seat: Ellsworth (1861–) Land area: 574 square miles Population (2020): 42,212 Population (historic): 4,672 (1860); 17,744 (1880); 23,943 (1900); 21,043 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1950–2020 Subdivisions: Two cities; five villages; two CDPs; 17 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,216 (19.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.9% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,690 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,991 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,105 Average farm size (1920): 67.3 acres Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Norway, New York, Germany, Sweden, and Minnesota _____________________________________________________________________...