Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1846 Parent county: Milwaukee Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a Pottawatomi word describing the Fox River Seat: Waukesha (1846–) Land area: 550 square miles Population (2020): 406,978 Population (historic): 19,258 (1850); 28,274 (1870); 33,270 (1890); 37,100 (1910); 52,358 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–2020 Subdivisions: Seven cities; 22 villages; two CDPs; eight towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,911 (6.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,178 Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,338 Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,406 Average farm size (1920): 66.7 acres Sources of settlement: Germany, New York, England, Wales, and Ireland ____________________...