Barron County, Wisconsin

Barron County, Wisconsin

Location in the state of Wisconsin
Wisconsin's location in the U.S.
Founded	1874
Named for	Henry D. Barron
Seat	Barron
Largest city	Rice Lake
Area
• Total	890 sq mi (2,305 km²)
• Land	863 sq mi (2,235 km²)
• Water	27 sq mi (70 km²), 3.0%
Population
• (2010)	45,870
• Density	53/sq mi (20/km²)
Congressional district	7th
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	.gov.barroncountywiwww

Barron County is a

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State of Wisconsin

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Regions	Apostle Islands Central Plain Central Wisconsin Chippewa Valley Door Peninsula Driftless Area Eastern Ridges and Lowlands Fox River Valley Great River Road Lake Superior Lowland Northern Highland Western Upland

Major metropolitan areas (pop. over 500,000)	Chicago metropolitan area Madison metropolitan area Milwaukee metropolitan area Twin Cities metropolitan area

Largest cities (pop. over 50,000)	Appleton Eau Claire Green Bay Janesville Kenosha La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Oshkosh Racine Waukesha West Allis

Smaller cities (pop. 15,000 to 50,000)	Beaver Dam Beloit Brookfield Cudahy De Pere Fitchburg Fond du Lac Franklin Greenfield Hudson Kaukauna Manitowoc Marshfield Menasha Menomonie Mequon Middleton Muskego Neenah New Berlin Oak Creek Oconomowoc Onalaska River Falls Sheboygan South Milwaukee Stevens Point Sun Prairie Superior Watertown Wausau Wauwatosa West Bend Wisconsin Rapids

Largest villages (pop. over 15,000)	Allouez Ashwaubenon Caledonia Germantown Howard Menomonee Falls Mount Pleasant Pleasant Prairie

Counties	Adams Ashland Barron Bayfield Brown Buffalo Burnett Calumet Chippewa Clark Columbia Crawford Dane Dodge Door Douglas Dunn Eau Claire Florence Fond du Lac Forest Grant Green Green Lake Iowa Iron Jackson Jefferson Juneau Kenosha Kewaunee La Crosse Lafayette Langlade Lincoln Manitowoc Marathon Marinette Marquette Menominee Milwaukee Monroe Oconto Oneida Outagamie Ozaukee Pepin Pierce Polk Portage Price Racine Richland Rock Rusk Sauk Sawyer Shawano Sheboygan St. Croix Taylor Trempealeau Vernon Vilas Walworth Washburn Washington Waukesha Waupaca Waushara Winnebago Wood

Municipalities and communities of Barron County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Barron

Cities	Barron Chetek Cumberland Rice Lake

Villages	Almena Cameron Dallas Haugen New Auburn‡ Prairie Farm Turtle Lake‡

Towns	Almena Arland Barron Bear Lake Cedar Lake Chetek Clinton Crystal Lake Cumberland Dallas Dovre Doyle Lakeland Maple Grove Maple Plain Oak Grove Prairie Farm Prairie Lake Rice Lake Sioux Creek Stanfold Stanley Sumner Turtle Lake Vance Creek

CDP	Barronett

Unincorporated communities	Angus Arland Brill Campia Canton Comstock Dobie Graytown‡ Hillsdale Horseman Lehigh Mikana Poskin Reeve Sumner Tuscobia Twin Town Wickware

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Burnett County

Washburn County

Sawyer County

Polk County

Rusk County

Barron County, Wisconsin

St. Croix County

Dunn County

Chippewa County

History of Barron County, Wisconsin compiled by Franklin Curtiss-Wedge (H.C. Cooper Jr. & Co, 1922)

Other sources

Official Barron County Government Site

External links

^ ^a ^b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ ^a ^b "Wisconsin: Individual County Chronologies". Wisconsin Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
^ Taken from Wisconsin Blue Book 1991-1992 p. 731; cited there as from "Wisconsin Historical Records, Origin and Legislative History of County Boundaries in Wisconsin, 1942."
^ (Wisconsin Historical Society)Dictionary of Wisconsin History
^ "Here's How Iron Got Its Name". The Rhinelander Daily News. June 16, 1932. p. 2. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via
^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 27, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ "American FactFinder".

References

National Register of Historic Places listings in Barron County, Wisconsin

Communities

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 23.40% from 45 to 64, and 16.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.00 males.

There were 17,851 households out of which 31.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.90% were married couples living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.80% were non-families. 25.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.97.

As of the census^[13] of 2000, there were 44,963 people, 17,851 households, and 12,352 families residing in the county. The population density was 52 people per square mile (20/km²). There were 20,969 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile (9/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.69% White, 0.14% Black or African American, 0.81% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. 0.96% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 34.4% were of German, 21.8% Norwegian and 5.3% Irish ancestry.

2000 Census Age Pyramid for Barron County

Demographics

Major highways

Washburn County – north
Sawyer County – northeast
Rusk County – east
Chippewa County – southeast
Dunn County – south
St. Croix County – southwest
Polk County – west
Burnett County – northwest

Adjacent counties

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 890 square miles (2,300 km²), of which 863 square miles (2,240 km²) is land and 27 square miles (70 km²) (3.0%) is water.^[7]

Geography

[3] as Dallas County (named after Vice President ^[4] The county was created in 1859

History

History 1
Geography 2
- Adjacent counties 2.1
- Major highways 2.2
Demographics 3
Communities 4
- Cities 4.1
- Villages 4.2
- Towns 4.3
- Census-designated place 4.4
- Unincorporated communities 4.5
See also 5
References 6
External links 7
Other sources 8

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Barron County, Wisconsin