Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1855 (declared in 1854) Parent counties: Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, and La Crosse Namesake: The Trempealeau River Seat: Galesville (1855–1876); Arcadia (1876–1877); Whitehall (1877–) Land area: 733 square miles Population (2020): 30,760 Population (historic): 2,560 (1860); 17,189 (1880); 23,114 (1900); 23,910 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: Six cities; five villages; one CDP; 15 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,003 (22.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 59.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,737 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,042 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,138 Average farm size (1920): 86.1 acres Sources of settlement: Norway, Germany, New York, Poland, Minnesota, and Sweden ________________________________...