Price County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1882 (declared in 1879) Parent counties: Chippewa and Lincoln Namesake: William Price, Wisconsin politician Seat: Phillips (1882–) Land area: 1,254 square miles Population (2020): 14,054 Population (historic): 5,258 (1890); 13,795 (1910); 17,284 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990s Subdivisions: Two cities; three villages; one CDP; 17 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,055 (18.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $907 Average outbuilding value (1930): $869 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,935 Average farm size (1920): 20.9 acres Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Sweden, Germany, Finland, and Poland _________________________________________________________________________________ Phillips ...