Washburn County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1883 Parent county: Burnett Namesake: Cadwallader Washburn, Wisconsin governor Seat: Shell Lake (1883–) Land area: 797 square miles Population (2020): 16,623 Population (historic): 2,926 (1890); 5,521 (1900); 8,196 (1910); 11,377 (1920) Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920; 1930s; 1960–2000; 2010s Subdivisions: Two cities; two villages; three CDPs; 21 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,295 (10.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,128 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,129 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,380 Average farm size (1920): 41.9 acres Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Germany, Sweden, and Norway ______________________________________________________________________________...