Sawyer County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1885 (declared in 1883) Parent counties: Ashland and Chippewa Namesake: Philetus Sawyer, Wisconsin senator Seat: Hayward (1885–) Land area: 1,257 square miles Population (2020): 18,074 Population (historic): 1,977 (1890); 6,227 (1910); 8,878 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1940; 1960–2020 Subdivisions: One city; four villages; five CDPs; 16 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,307 (8.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $807 Average outbuilding value (1930): $809 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 823 Average farm size (1920): 24.9 acres Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Norway, Minnesota, Canada, Sweden, and Germany _________________________________________________________________________________ Hayward Namesake: ...