Taylor County, Wisconsin

Taylor County, Wisconsin
The Taylor County courthouse in Medford is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location within Wisconsin
Wisconsin's location within the U.S.
Founded	1875
Seat	Medford
Largest city	Medford
Area
• Total	984 sq mi (2,549 km2)
• Land	975 sq mi (2,525 km2)
• Water	9.5 sq mi (25 km2), 1.0%
Population
• (2010)	20,689
• Density	21/sq mi (8/km2)
Congressional district	7th
Time zone	Central: UTC−6/−5
Website	www.co.taylor.wi.us

Taylor County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, 20,689 people lived there. Its county seat is Medford.

Geography

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1900	11,262		—
1910	13,641		21.1%
1920	18,045		32.3%
1930	17,685		−2.0%
1940	20,105		13.7%
1950	18,456		−8.2%
1960	17,843		−3.3%
1970	16,958		−5.0%
1980	18,817		11.0%
1990	18,901		0.4%
2000	19,680		4.1%
2010	20,689		5.1%
WI Counties 1900-1990

The county has a total area of 984 square miles (2,550 km²). Of this, 975 square miles (2,530 km²) is land and 10 square miles (26 km²) (0.98%) is water.

Cities, villages, and towns

Taylor County: cities, villages, towns, etc.

Aurora Browning Chelsea Cleveland Deer Creek Ford Gilman Goodrich Greenwood

Grover Hammel Holway Jump River (town) Little Black Lublin Maplehurst McKinley Medford (town)

Medford Molitor Pershing Rib Lake (town) Rib Lake Roosevelt Stetsonville Taft Westboro

Unincorporated communities

• Bellinger
• Chelsea
• Donald
• Gad (partial)
• Goodrich
• Hannibal
• Hughey
• Interwald
• Jump River
• Little Black
• Maplehurst
• Murat
• Perkinstown
• Polley
• Queenstown
• Westboro
• Whittlesey

Other websites

• Reminiscences and Anecdotes of early Taylor County, Arthur J. Latton's early history, courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
• Taylor County official website
• Tannery, Dr. Loretta Kuse's page on early tanneries in Taylor County, with old photos.
• Map of Taylor County, Wisconsin, a plat map of the county from around 1900, showing owners, homes, sawmills, schools and churches at the time, courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.