Taylor County, Wisconsin

Taylor County, Wisconsin
Map
Location in the state of Wisconsin
Wisconsin's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1875
Seat	Medford
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	984 sq mi (2,549 km²) 975 sq mi (2,525 km²) 10 sq mi (26 km²), 0.98%
Population  - (2010)  - Density	20,689 21/sq mi (8/km²)
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		7001211000000000000♠21.1%
1920	18,045		7001323000000000000♠32.3%
1930	17,685		2999800000000000000♠−2.0%
1940	20,105		7001137000000000000♠13.7%
1950	18,456		2999180000000000000♠−8.2%
1960	17,843		2999670000000000000♠−3.3%
1970	16,958		2999500000000000000♠−5.0%
1980	18,817		7001110000000000000♠11.0%
1990	18,901		6999400000000000000♠0.4%
2000	19,680		7000409999999999999♠4.1%
2010	20,689		7000509999999999999♠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.