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Barron is a city in and the county seat of Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,733 at the 2020 census. ... Historical population; Census
Location of Barron County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Barron County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Barron County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which ...
The county was created in 1859 [4] as Dallas County (named after Vice President George M. Dallas), with the county seat located at Barron. It was renamed Barron County on March 4, 1869. The county's name honors Wisconsin lawyer and politician Henry D. Barron, who served as circuit judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.
Barron is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 813 at the 2020 census , [ 1 ] down from 873 at the 2010 census . [ 2 ] The town surrounds the City of Barron .
Contents: Counties in Wisconsin (links in italic lead to a new page) 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 ...
The Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House is located in Barron, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance in 2006. History. The house was built by Edward and Mary Stebbins, who moved to Barron in 1891. Edward died in 1903 and his widow sold the house in 1907.
On October 15, 2018, 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson abducted 13-year-old Jayme Lynn Closs after fatally shooting her parents, James and Denise Closs, at their home just outside of Barron, Wisconsin, at 12:53 a.m. [3] Patterson took Closs to a house 70 miles (110 km) away in rural Gordon, Wisconsin, and held her in captivity for 88 days until she escaped on January 10, 2019, seeking help ...
In 1907 the Barron County Normal School opened. In 1938 WJMC, the area's first radio station, began broadcasting. In 1940 the forerunner of Indianhead Tech College was established. In 1966 UW-Stout opened a branch campus in Barron County, which has since developed into UW-Eau Claire - Barron County. [11]