Barron County is a

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located in the

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Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,711. Its

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is Barron. The county was created in 1859 and later organized in 1874.

History

The county was created in 1859 as Dallas County (named after Vice President

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), with the county seat located at Barron. It was renamed Barron County on March 4, 1869. The county took the name Barron in honor of Wisconsin lawyer and politician Henry D. Barron, who served as circuit judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. Barron County was organized in 1874. In the late 1800s and early 1900s a community of Russian immigrants moved to Barron County.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.0%) is water.

Adjacent counties

* Washburn County – north *

Sawyer County Sawyer County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,074. Its county seat is Hayward. The county partly overlaps with the reservation of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ...

– northeast * Rusk County – east * Chippewa County – southeast * Dunn County – south * St. Croix County – southwest *

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– west * Burnett County – northwest

Major highways

* U.S. Highway 8 * U.S. Highway 53 * U.S. Highway 63 *

Highway 25 (Wisconsin) State Trunk Highway 25 (often called Highway 25, STH-25 or WIS 25) is a state highway in Wisconsin, United States. The route serves local traffic in the western part of the state, connecting Durand, Menomonie and Barron. It is two-lane surfa ...

Highway 48 (Wisconsin) State Trunk Highway 48 (often called Highway 48, STH-48 or WIS 48) is a state highway (US), state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs east–west in northwest Wisconsin from Grantsburg, Wisconsin, Grantsburg to Exeland, Wisconsin, ...

Railroads

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Buses

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Airports

* KRPD -

Rice Lake Regional Airport Rice Lake Regional Airport is a city owned public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) southwest of the central business district of Rice Lake, a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. The airport is situated in the vil ...

serves Barron County. * KUBE - Cumberland Municipal Airport is located three miles south of Cumberland. * Y23 -

Chetek Municipal–Southworth Airport Chetek Southworth Municipal Airport , also known as Chetek Municipal–Southworth Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Chetek, a city in Barron County, Wi ...

also serves the county and surrounding communities. * 9Y7 -

Barron Municipal Airport Barron Municipal Airport, is a city owned public use airport located in the central business district of Barron, Wisconsin, Barron, a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. Although most airports in the United States use the same thre ...

enhances county service.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the census of 2020, the population was 46,711. The

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was . There were 23,779 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 91.1%

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, 1.8%

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, 1.0% Native American, 0.7%

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, 1.2% from

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, and 4.2% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 2.7%

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of any race.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 44,963 people, 17,851 households, and 12,352 families residing in the county. The

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%

, 0.14%

, 0.81% Native American, 0.32%

, 0.04%

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, 0.32% from

, and 0.69% from two or more races. 0.96% of the population were

of any race. 34.4% were of

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, 21.8%

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and 5.3%

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ancestry. There were 17,851 households, out of which 31.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.90% were

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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. 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. In 2017, there were 504 births, giving a general fertility rate of 70.6 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the 15th highest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties. Additionally, there were fewer than five reported induced abortions performed on women of Barron County residence in 2017.Reported Induced Abortions in Wisconsin
Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Section: Trend Information, 2013-2017, Table 18, pages 17-18

Communities

Cities

* Barron (county seat) *

Chetek Chetek is a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,221 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The city is located partially within the Chetek (town), Wisconsin, Town of Chetek. Hist ...

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* Rice Lake

Villages

* Almena * Cameron *

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* Haugen * New Auburn (mostly in Chippewa County) * Prairie Farm * Turtle Lake (partly in

)

Towns

* Almena * Arland * Barron * Bear Lake * Cedar Lake *

* Clinton *

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Doyle Doyle is a surname of Irish origin. The name is a back-formation from O'Doyle, which is an Anglicisation of the Irish (), meaning "descendant of ''Dubhghall''". There is another possible etymology: the Anglo-Norman surname ''D'Oyley'' with agglu ...

* Lakeland * Maple Grove * Maple Plain * Oak Grove * Prairie Farm *

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* Rice Lake * Sioux Creek * Stanfold *

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* Turtle Lake * Vance Creek

Census-designated place

* Barronett

Unincorporated communities

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* Arland *

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* Campia * Canton * Comstock * Dobie * Graytown (part) * Hillsdale * Horseman * Lehigh * Mikana * Poskin * Reeve *

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* Tuscobia * Wickware

Politics

References

External links

Barron County website

Barron County map
from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation {{Coord, 45.42, -91.85, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-WI_source:UScensus1990 1874 establishments in Wisconsin Populated places established in 1874