County · code 55099
Price CountyWisconsin
Price County, Wisconsin, is a county with its seat in Phillips, created on March 3, 1879.
- Founded1879
- County seatPhillips
- Named forWilliam T. Price
- Land area1,254 sq mi + 24 sq mi water
- Population14,054 2020 Census
- Parcels mapped26,679 checked 16 October 2026
Where it is
Price on the map of Wisconsin
Wisconsin has 72 counties and county equivalents, each with its own records office. Shapes with a page are links.
History
Formed in 1879 from Chippewa County, Lincoln County and Taylor County
An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.
Price County was created on March 3, 1879, from parts of Chippewa and Lincoln counties and named after William T. Price. When first created, Price County was not fully organized and was attached to Taylor County for judicial purposes, but became fully organized and independent on March 1, 1882.
- 1879Price County created Price created from Chippewa and Lincoln; Price not fully organized, attached to Taylor "for all judicial purposes." · Wis. Laws 1879, ch. 103, secs. 1-3, 19/pp. 99-105
- 1882Changed Price fully organized, detached from Taylor. · Wis. Laws 1882, ch. 34, secs. 1, 6/p. 97
Land and parcels
What the maps cover in Price
Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.
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Parcels Good enough
Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 26,679 parcels from Price County. Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey.
edited 30 October 2025 · checked 16 October 2026 -
Address points Missing
No public address points layer found for Price County yet.
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Buildings Reference
Roof outlines traced from aerial imagery from FEMA Response Geospatial Office with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Good for seeing what is on a lot; not accurate enough to set a fence from.
checked 18 October 2026
- Official
- from the office that keeps the record
- Good enough
- a reliable statewide or national copy
- Fallback
- a guide only; check the official record
- Missing
- nothing public found yet
People and land
Price by the Census
Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Rules and offices
Who to ask before you build, dig or sell
Official county pages only. We link to them; we do not copy them, because they change.
Inside a city or town, permits usually come from that city rather than the county.
Records
Permits
Zoning and code
County government
- County government
The official website of Price County.
See your own lot on these maps
Open Price County on Parcel Chart's free map and click your parcel. Save it with a free account; the full record of your place (site map, projects, documents) is Pro, in early access.
Questions
Common questions about Price County
- When was Price County founded?
- Price County was founded in 1879, formed from Chippewa County, Lincoln County and Taylor County, and named after William T. Price.
- What is the county seat of Price County?
- The county seat of Price County is Phillips.
- Is there an online parcel map for Price County?
- Yes. Price County publishes a parcel map of 26,679 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
- Has Price County's boundary or name changed?
- Price County was created in 1879 from Chippewa County, Lincoln County and Taylor County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 1 later change, chiefly involving Taylor County.
- Who issues building permits in Price County?
- The county's page on building permits: Forms & Permits. Inside a city or town, ask that city first.
- Who issues septic and well permits in Price County?
- The county's page on septic systems and wells: Behavioral Health.
- Is my lot in a flood zone?
- We do not have flood maps for Price County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.
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